it could always be worse by margot zemach

This entry was posted in Books on Novemby Gabor Por. However they enjoyed the humor and by making them talk and think about the ending I made sure that the wisdom of the story wasn’t lost on them either. In this case the colored in sketches were mostly lost on them. The kids in my audience stayed excited though and the book encouraged them to take it a record number of books from the library where we had our story time.Ī disadvantage of readings a book to a group of kids, that not all of them could see the illustrations. Some of them even figured out the ending: when you take out the animals the limited space will feel spacious and the atmosphere will be relaxed again. They sure made all the animals sounds as the story moved on. As he follows the Rabbi's unlikely advice, the. When the poor man was unable to stand it any longer, he ran to the Rabbi for help. Because they were so crowded, the children often fought and the man and his wife argued.

With boundless children, animals, noise and chaos (raise your hand if that sounds like your house) it seems as though things really couldn’t be any worse. Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut. Then the story moved onto the advices the man of the house got from the rabbi: bring in the animals one by one into the house.Īny (good) story that has more than one kind of animal in it can be a hit with kids. This Caldecott Honor Book from 1976 by Margot Zemach spins a tale of complete hysteria inside a teensy-tiny home. The kids I read the story to came up with all sorts of ideas of how to solve the issue. It starts off with a problem: there are too many people living in small house, the lack of personal space causes friction between the family members.

Traditional Chinese edition of It Could Always Be Worse. Margot Zemach‘s It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale was ideal in this regard. Read 197 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. It’s so much fun to read a book to kids that moves their imagination.

It could always be worse by margot zemach