In the shade of the chestnut tree
By: Benjamin Tene ; translated from the Hebrew by Reuben Ben-Joseph ; illustrated by Richard Sigberman.
Contributors: Sigberman, Richard.
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Tene, Benjamin, 1914-  -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature.; Tene, Benjamin, 1914-; Authors, Hebrew -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Jews -- Poland.
Description: A memoir of the author's childhood in Poland before World War II.
Notes: Translation of Be-tsilo shel ʻets ha-ʻarmon.
Table of contents: title: The carousel.; title: The trumpet.; title: The greatest prank.; title: Concerning cats, a photographer, and Grandma Leah.; title: The pest.; title: We were slaves.; title: Sevek's first scenario.; title: A sad story.; title: The desert island.; title: David and Goliath.; title: Edek pays his debt.; title: Queen of the yard.