num_pages: 32
description: Joseph's grandfather transforms his blanket many times over the years, but what can be done when the final item is lost?Gilman's version of this Yiddish folk tale won the 1993 Ruth Schwartz Award. When Joseph was a baby, his grandfather made him a wonderful blanket. But as Joseph grows older, the blanket becomes tattered and worn. Throw it out! cries Joseph's mother. Luckily, Grandpa is an extraordinary tailor. He can fix anything! And so with a snip! snip! here, and a few stitches there, Grandpa transforms the treasured blanket into a jacket, a vest, a Sabbath tie, a handkerchief, and finally a beautiful button. But when the button is lost, even Grandpa can't help. After all, how can you make something from nothing?In a rich and loving portrait of shtetl life, Phoebe Gilman presents a traditional Jewish folktale about family love and ingenuity that will warm the hearts of readers young and old.
language: English
title: Something from Nothing
titlecomplete: Something from Nothing
genres: Fiction, Family, Cultural, Picture Books, Folk Tales, Canada, Jewish, Classics, Childrens, Judaism
ratings_count: 2821
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Sydney Taylor Book Award
category: Younger Readers, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Press (North Winds Press)