Signed by Isaac Bashevis Singer & Maurice Sendak, First Edition, First Printing, Hardcover/Dust Jacket, 90 pages, List: $4.50

Zlateh the Goat

and Other Stories

Newbery Honor Book

by

Isaac Bashevis Singer

(November 11, 1903 - July 24, 1991)


Illustrated by

Maurice Sendak

(June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012)

Translated from Yiddish by Isaac Bashevis Singer & Elizabeth Shub

Zlateh the Goat was adapted into a short animated film by Gene Deitch for Weston Woods Studios. It was named to the ALA Notable Children's Films list in 1973.

Singer was a Polish-born Jewish-American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated his own works into English with the help of editors and collaborators. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. A leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, he was awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).


Sendak remains the most honored children's book artist in history. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In March 2003, Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government. His other works include In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and the Nutshell Library (consisting of Chicken Soup with Rice, Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny, and Pierre).


Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories was published on October 11, 1966.


First Edition, First Printing, hand SIGNED by Isaac Bashevis Singer & Maurice Sendak, to full title page.

No inscription; two full signatures only.

From an event featuring Maurice Sendak and Tony Kushner with Robert Krulwich and the Young People's Chorus of New York City in New York City on November 2, 2003.

Isaac Bashevis Singer signed Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories at an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on March 27, 1973.

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Book Description
Humorous illustrations accompany these seven fairy tales that have originated from European Jewish folklore.
From two masters who need no introduction the classic Newbery Honor book Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories. With wit and whimsy, Maurice Sendak illustrates seven tales about the legendary village of fools, Chelm, written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Silly, outrageous, and sometimes poignant, the stories (translated from the Yiddish) reflect the traditions, heroes, and villains of middle European folklore. The devil makes an appearance more than once, as do the ever-so-foolish yet highly revered Elders of Chelm. In The Mixed-Up Feet and the Silly Bridegroom, four sisters wake one morning to discover that their feet have become mixed up in the bed they share. A wise Elder advises their mother to whack the bed with a big stick, thus causing each girl to grab her own feet in pain and surprise. When their feet are sorted out, he then recommends, the sisters should be married off as soon as possible, to reduce the possibility of similar mix-ups in the future. Of course, none of them count on the breathtaking stupidity of the first bridegroom. Another not-so-clever fellow stars in The First Shlemiel. When this man's wife asks him to do three things for her, he promptly and accidentally proceeds to breach each one of his promises, resulting in a baby with a bump on his head, an escaped rooster, and an emptied pot of jam. Somehow, though, possibly because ignorance is bliss, fools always come out on top in these wonderful stories, making for terrific read-aloud, laugh-aloud fun for the entire family. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter
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Maurice Sendak in 1990. Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Image