Ma'ase B'Zkaina U'VeDov. Frankfurt am Main (Moscow-Odessa): Omanut, Gamliel Library, 1922.
A folk tale for children translated and adapted by Simcha Ben Zion. Illustrations: Chavurat Tzayarim. [8] pages 30x22.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Coarse tears to front cover. Detached leaves. Stains. Back cover missing.
"ג€¦ Ma'ase B'Zkaina U'VeDov is a problematic booklet - a severely criticized legend adapted by S. Ben Zion. The legend first printed in the Ben Ami reader, appeared in Eretz Israel shortly after Ben Zion immigrated to Eretz Israel (1905), and re-appeared again and again throughout the years, almost in all Hebrew readers. Rav Ze'era writes this critic: 'The legend Ma'ase B'Zkaina U'VeDov: Why does it appear in readers for Hebrew children? The educational purpose of legends is to cultivate healthy imaginationג€¦ but the images must be from the same world in which the child grows. In the Jewish world, do we see bears attacking children? This is not a legend for the Hebrew nation nor for the world in general, but it is a typical Russian taleג€¦'. The illustrations in the booklet Ma'ase B'Zkaina U'VeDov are difficult to recognize and we have no real knowledge of the person who drew them. They portray an old woman with farmer's garb with a kerchief askew behind her ears portraying that this is not a plain Ukrainian farmer's wife but a Jewish woman. The children, on the other hand, are dressed in city clothes, and the boys do not even always have their head covered. The children's ages are not realistic, and in one illustration, children too small are together with children too big. In the same illustration, there is a combination of logic and illogic and here and there a comical element, and a lot of crudenessג€¦". (From: Ayala Gordon, Hebrew illustrations, Nachum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv, [2005], page 110).

The Roosters and the Fox. Moscow-Odessa: Omanut, Gamliel Library, [nd, beginning of 1920s, before 1923].
A parable of Berachyahu HaNakdan, adapted by Chaim Nachman Bialik. Illustrations by Moshe Moltzmacher. [12] pages, 30x22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor tears to leaf margins and cover.
"One of the nicest books of the ג€˜Gamlielג€™ series is ג€˜The Roosters and the Foxג€™, based on Berachyahu HaNakdan's parable which Bialik enhanced with a clever text full of humor. The illustrations in this book excel in their decorativity and color and are extraordinary in their beauty and intensity. The description of the animals is delicate yet dynamic, and the complex compositions of the chickensג€™ movements as a homogenized group - all move right or left, or all peck together - are very successfully rhythmic". (From: Ayala Gordon, Iyurim Ivri'im, Nachum Gutman Museum, Tel Aviv, [2005] page 107).

Yidale, A. Die Mase Mit der Bobitze - story in Yiddish. BotoֵŸani, 1932.
First booklet in the Kindershpiel series. Illustrated cover. 14 pp, 17 cm. Good condition, stains on cover. Several handwritten corrections.