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A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and effortless.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- David Wisniewski
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Clarion Books
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780395726181
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“Within the beautiful city of Prague, fierce hatreds have raged for a thousand years.”
David R. Wisniewski (March 21, 1953 in – September 11, 2002), was an American writer and illustrator best known for children's books.
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