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Books with author Sheldon Oberman

  • The White Stone in the Castle Wall

    Sheldon Oberman, Les Tait

    Hardcover (Tundra Books, Sept. 14, 1995)
    It may not be true but it could be – this story of how a single white stone came to be in the wall surrounding Casa Loma, the magnificient medieval castle that stands in the middle of Toronto.John Tommy Fiddich lives in Yorkville, tends the family vegetable patch, and considers himself the “luckiest boy in town.” When a hailstorm wipes out the vegetables, he goes from being the luckiest to the unluckiest. Then word gets out that Henry Pellatt, the eccentric millionaire who brought light to the city and built Casa Loma, is offering one dollar for brown stones to place in the wall going up around the castle. After trudging through the city all day with his stone, John reaches the castle only to find that rain has washed it white. But Henry Pellatt accepts the stone for his wall, rewarding John for his hard work, making him again “the luckiest boy in town.”The trip through the streets of Toronto, from Yorkville to Casa Loma, makes for a book as enchanting to young and old as the fabulous castle that inspired it.
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  • The White Stone in the Castle Wall

    Sheldon Oberman, Les Tait

    Paperback (Tundra Books, Sept. 28, 1996)
    It may not be true but it could be – this story of how a single white stone came to be in the wall surrounding Casa Loma, the magnificient medieval castle that stands in the middle of Toronto.John Tommy Fiddich lives in Yorkville, tends the family vegetable patch, and considers himself the “luckiest boy in town.” When a hailstorm wipes out the vegetables, he goes from being the luckiest to the unluckiest. Then word gets out that Henry Pellatt, the eccentric millionaire who brought light to the city and built Casa Loma, is offering one dollar for brown stones to place in the wall going up around the castle. After trudging through the city all day with his stone, John reaches the castle only to find that rain has washed it white. But Henry Pellatt accepts the stone for his wall, rewarding John for his hard work, making him again “the luckiest boy in town.”The trip through the streets of Toronto, from Yorkville to Casa Loma, makes for a book as enchanting to young and old as the fabulous castle that inspired it.
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  • Always Adam

    Sheldon Oberman, Ted Lewin

    Paperback (Orion Publishing Co, June 15, 1995)
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  • White Stone in the Castle Wall

    Sheldon Oberman, Les Tait

    School & Library Binding (Topeka Bindery, Aug. 15, 1996)
    It may not be true but it could be – this story of how a single white stone came to be in the wall surrounding Casa Loma, the magnificient medieval castle that stands in the middle of Toronto.John Tommy Fiddich lives in Yorkville, tends the family vegetable patch, and considers himself the “luckiest boy in town.” When a hailstorm wipes out the vegetables, he goes from being the luckiest to the unluckiest. Then word gets out that Henry Pellatt, the eccentric millionaire who brought light to the city and built Casa Loma, is offering one dollar for brown stones to place in the wall going up around the castle. After trudging through the city all day with his stone, John reaches the castle only to find that rain has washed it white. But Henry Pellatt accepts the stone for his wall, rewarding John for his hard work, making him again “the luckiest boy in town.”The trip through the streets of Toronto, from Yorkville to Casa Loma, makes for a book as enchanting to young and old as the fabulous castle that inspired it.
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  • The White Stone in the Castle Wall

    Sheldon Oberman, Les Tait

    Paperback (Tundra Books, Aug. 1, 1996)
    It may not be true but it could be – this story of how a single white stone came to be in the wall surrounding Casa Loma, the magnificient medieval castle that stands in the middle of Toronto.John Tommy Fiddich lives in Yorkville, tends the family vegetable patch, and considers himself the “luckiest boy in town.” When a hailstorm wipes out the vegetables, he goes from being the luckiest to the unluckiest. Then word gets out that Henry Pellatt, the eccentric millionaire who brought light to the city and built Casa Loma, is offering one dollar for brown stones to place in the wall going up around the castle. After trudging through the city all day with his stone, John reaches the castle only to find that rain has washed it white. But Henry Pellatt accepts the stone for his wall, rewarding John for his hard work, making him again “the luckiest boy in town.”The trip through the streets of Toronto, from Yorkville to Casa Loma, makes for a book as enchanting to young and old as the fabulous castle that inspired it.
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  • Always Prayer Shawl

    Sheldon Oberman, Ted Lewin

    School & Library Binding (Topeka Bindery, March 15, 1997)
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  • The Always Prayer Shawl

    Sheldon Oberman, Ted Lewin

    Paperback (Demco Media, March 1, 1997)
    A prayer shawl is handed down from grandfather to grandson in this story of Jewish tradition and the passage of generations
  • The Island of the Minotaur

    Sheldon Oberman, Blair Drawson

    Hardcover (Gardners Books, Oct. 31, 2003)
    This illustrated collection of Greek myths presents the history of the Minoan civilization. The novel connects famous myths; Zeus and Rhea, Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur, Icarus and Daedalus, Jason and Medea with little-known tales of the Bronze Giant, Phaedra and the Ash tree spirits.
  • The Always Prayer Shawl

    Sheldon Oberman, Ted Lewin

    Hardcover (Boyds Mills Press, March 15, 1994)
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  • Always Adam

    Sheldon Oberman, Ted Lewin

    Paperback (Puffin Books, April 24, 1997)
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  • Always Adam

    Sheldon Oberman, Ted Lewin

    Hardcover (Orion Publishing Co, June 15, 1995)
    Adam and his family flee Czarist Russia at the onset of the Revolution, and his grandfather gives Adam his prayer shawl. The move brings huge changes, but Adam is reassured by both his name and his prayer shawl, the constants in his life which he, in turn, will pass to another.