The Carp in the Bathtub
by Barbara Cohen
published
April 1987
by Kar-Ben Publishing
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binding
Paperback, 48 pages
isbn
0930494679
(isbn13: 9780930494674)
description
Leah and her brother hatch a plan to save the Passover carp from the cooking pot. A classic!
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Read in January, 1972
This charmingly illustrated book concerns the efforts of Leah and her little brother to save their Mama's annual live carp purchase from its inevitable fate -- it will end up as the family's Passover gefilte fish that the children vow never to eat. Living in Brooklyn in what appears to be the 1930s, Leah's family is lucky because they and their downstairs neighbor have their own bathrooms with a tub -- everyone else has to share. Thus, the carp can live comfortably for a week in the bathtub unti...more
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Read in March, 1991
well written story of a brother and sister who discover the Passover fish in their bath tub and decide to save its life--really funny and gives a good insight to how children might see things.
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Read in October, 2008
recommends it for:
kids who think adults are cold and heartless
Man. It's sadder than I remember.
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