The Market Wedding

By Cary Fagan

When Morris the fishmonger and Minnie the hat seller fall in love, Morris comes up with a wedding plan designed to deliver the very best for his beloved bride-to-be . . . with unexpected consequences. In Kensington Market Morris sells all kinds of fish from the lake. Across the way Minnie sells hats straight from Paris. One day their eyes meet, and they fall in love. Morris wants to give Minnie a beautiful home with fine furnishings, but he is only a poor fishmonger. And so he comes up with a brilliant plan -- he will make their wedding so fancy that their guests will have to shower them with lavish gifts. His Minnie will live like a movie star Morris's plan backfires, of course, but like all good love stories, the tale ends in a happy -- if surprising -- fashion. Cary Fagan's witty adaptation of "The Ghetto Wedding" by Abraham Cahan is accompanied by Regolo Ricci's vibrant illustrations, resulting in a timeless and delightful tale.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554986958
• ISBN13: 9781554986958
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Charming story with beautiful artwork

The Market Wedding is a charming story, that makes one think about priorities, materialist culture, and friendships. It is a well written book and great for reading aloud to the family or classroom. Market Wedding was chosen to be included in the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles public radio production "One People Many Stories: Jewish Stories from Around the World." Anne Meara reads this surprise ending storybook on the Library's CD.

Beautiful artwork.

I picked up this book not for my kids but for me. The artwork is wonderful and the story is quite endearing. It's about a couple who work in Kensington market (in Toronto) around the 1920's. The story tells of how they meet, fall in love and have a grand wedding. But they are simple market shop owners of simple means. How do their friends react? Won't tell you how it ends but it's an uplifting tale.I would recommend this selection to anyone who enjoyed "Something from nothing", (award winning book).