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When I Wore My Sailor Suit

by Shulevitz, Uri

When he puts on his sailor suit, sailor hat, and sailor whistle, the boy in this book is ready for a journey. He imagines himself on a ship, sailing across the...

How I Learned Geography

by Shulevitz, Uri

As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, w...

So Sleepy Story

by Shulevitz, Uri

In the quiet of the night, a sleepy sleepy boy awakes to find the dishes, chairs, and clocks enjoying themselves. In a sleepy sleepy house everything is so sle...

The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela

Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century

by Shulevitz, Uri

A fictionalized account of the travels of Benjamin, a Jewish man from Tudela, Spain, who, in 1159, set out on a fourteen-year-long journey that took him to Ita...

Daughters of Fire

Heroines of the Bible

by Manushkin, Fran & Shulevitz, Uri

Eleven stories about women of the Hebrew Bible who influenced the course of Jewish history through their courageous actions.

El tesoro

by Shulevitz, Uri

A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.

Hosni the Dreamer

An Arabian Tale

by Ben-Ezer, Ehud & Ben-ʻEzer, Ehud & Shulevitz, Uri

Hosni, a shepherd living in the desert, finally realizes his dream of traveling to the city where he spends his gold dinar in a way which changes his life fore...

The Golden Goose

by Shulevitz, Uri & Grimm, Jacob & Grimm, Wilhelm

Simpleton's generosity helps him gain a princess for his bride.

The secret room

by Shulevitz, Uri

The king's clever treasurer tries to clear his name when the chief minister accuses the treasurer of stealing.

Tontimundo y el Barco Volador

by Ransome, Arthur & Shulevitz, Uri

When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some ...