Five Little Gefiltes

by Dave Horowitz

Book Overview

This hilarious read-aloud, full of Yiddish terms and perfect for Passover, follows five little gefilte fish on a grand adventure in New York City. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll plotz

When five curious young gefilte fish have the chutzpah to sneak out of their jar and set off to explore the world, they are followed by a loud OY VEY --Mama Gefilte isn't too happy to see her little ones leaving the nest. But she's taught them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425288900
• ISBN13: 9780425288900
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Fits right into my classroom humor.

I bought this book because it shares an older type jewish humor that is not often shared with our younger children unless they are exposed to their older family members. I read it using various voices and have other elder members that come to visit read using their unique humor to share the story with my students.

great and funny

This is a very humorfulled book. I can't wait to see the reactions of my very young nieces and nephews.It depicts a humor filled story that makes me chuckle.

Five Little Gefiltes

Five little smiling Gefilte fish balls wearing top hats (one is always whistling) greet us on the cover of this amusing parody of the "Five Little Ducks" song. They go out daily from their jar to experience city life, bouncing down the wrought iron fire escape, "taking in a play", swimming in the bay "crashing the deli buffet", an getting "shlepped away" in a yellow taxi. Unfortunately for Mama Gefilte, one less gefilte returns each day, causing her to cry out "OY VEY" in consternation, until they all return happily to where the babushka-wearing Mama fish ball sits on her park bench. She stops kvetching, and now kvells with happiness. The funny asides on signage and within the illustrations are clever inside Yiddish jokes for the older crowd, but the book stands on its own as a delightful frolic through New York's Jewish scene. This book needs to be sung--the zanier the better! Share with some kids ASAP--just avoid serving Gefilte fish to those who won't appreciate it!

My two year old shouts "Oy Vey" with gusto!

I overheard an amused mom reading this aloud to her daughter and then, after they put it down, I grabbed it and bought it. We love reading it aloud and my kids shout "oy vey" which cracks me up! I also love having them try out some of the yiddish words that are funny flourishes throughout the book.

hear from dave horowitz himself

Hear a very amusing interview with Five Little Gefiltes author dave horowitz (he prefers lower case!) on The Book of Life podcast's March 2007 episode, "Why Is This Podcast Different from All Other Podcasts?" at www.bookoflifepodcast.com!