When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories is a 1968 book of children's short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, illustrated by Margot Zemach, translated by the author and Elizabeth Shub. It was a 1969 Newbery Honor book, Singer's third consecutive Newbery Honor. The book contains eight stories.
Contents
In the preface Singer wrote that some of the stories mother told him, while the stories about Tsirtsur and Peziza, Rabbi Leib, and Menaseh are his own."Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser"
"Tsirtsur and Peziza"
"Rabbi Leib and the Witch Cunegunde" ;
"The Elders of Chelm and Genendel's Key"
"Shlemiel, the Businessman"
"Utzel and His Daughter Poverty"
"Menaseh's Dream"
'''"When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw"'''