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It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale
Margot Zemach
1977
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A children’s author and illustrator, Margot Zemach was born in Los Angeles. Her works included adaptations of folktales for children. Among her many awards were the Caldecott Medal and the Lewis Carroll Bookshelf Award.
[ . . . ] And the Lieutenant-Captain was seriously tired of other people’s passports, of never-ending family names, from Ivanov to Chavchavadze, and of registration.
The barrister has been…
“No I say; enough is enough! On their behalf I prayed, for their benefit I cried my eyes out. Enough! I say, no! May I be struck dumb if I will say one more word, not even my name, Gnesye.” She had a…