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A Treasury of Sholom Aleichem Children's Stories by Aliza Shevrin
Sholom Aleichem, the most widely read and beloved writer in the Yiddish language, was a known for his ability to capture in vivid detail every aspect of life in the shtetls (the Jewish villages) of Easter Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Children were a constant source of joy and inspration for the author, and they occupy a prominent place in his story-telling. In a Treasury of Sholom Aleichem Children's Stories, translator Aliza Shevrin presents twenty0five of the writers short stories written for and about children.