Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas
by Michael J. Rosen
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At Christmas-Hanukkah time, a Christian woodcarver gives a carved angel to a young Jewish friend, who struggles with accepting the Christmas gift until he realizes that friendship means the same thing in any religion.Tags
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From Kirkus Reviews, kirkusreviews.com, "Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) was an African-American barber in Columbus, Ohio--as well as a widely exhibited woodcarver (first prize at the International Meeting of Naive Art in Zagreb) and a lay minister. Here, two of his friends recall his special qualities. In Rosen's somewhat fictionalized story, set on a day that happens to be both Chanukah and Christmas, Elijah gives Michael (nine)--an admirer of his carvings, especially of his biblical animals--an angel. Deeply touched, Michael is also concerned: Is this a graven image? Fortunately, his wise parents see it otherwise: ""It's an angel of friendship. And doesn't friendship mean the same thing in every religion?"" Rosen (ed., Home, p. 724) show more seamlessly integrates Michael's compunctions and Elijah's reverence and generosity into a warmhearted narrative, while the debuting Robinson's vibrant oils recall the lively animation of Jacob Lawrence, her flat, stylized forms freely outlined in black. A fine tribute to an intriguing character; an interfaith story with true respect for both faiths." show less
CHRISTMAS & CHANUKAH
A story for Chanukah and Christmas.
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Michael J. Rosen was born on Septembr 20, 1954 in Ohio. After getting his MFA in poetry, Rosen started work as a design consultant for the Jefferson Center for Learning and the Arts in 1982. In 1983, he became the literary director of the Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio. During his near-twenty-year stay as literary director, Rosen was the editor show more for several compilations of James Thurber's writings; he also was involved in the creation of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Rosen has also "taught in the Ohio Art Council Poetry-in-the-Schools Program and Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist-in-the-Schools Program, and has conducted over 500 young authors' conferences, in-service days, writing workshops, guest author days, and residencies (for elementary, middle school, and high school students and teachers). He has acted as editor for Mirth of a Nation and 101 Damnations: The Humorists' Tour of Personal Hells, and his poetry has been featured in The Best American Poetry 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Elijah Pierce
- Important events
- Hanukkah; Christmas
- First words
- Last year, when I was nine, Christmas Eve and the first night of Chanukah fell on the same day.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And even when there were cars driving and other people walking the snow-covered roads, our footsteps still left a dotted line between our house and Elijah's.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Children's Books, Picture Books
- DDC/MDS
- 244.1 — Religion Christian practice & observance [Formerly: Religious Novels, Sunday school books, Allegories] Chanukkah stories
- LCC
- PZ7 .R71868 .E — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 348
- Popularity
- 90,666
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.78)
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 2
