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    Feivel's Flying Horses
    Feivel's Flying Horses
    Feivel's Flying Horses
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    Feivel's Flying Horses

    By Heidi Smith Hyde

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    A loving father carves carousel horses that represent members of his family as he saves money to bring them from Europe to America. This book is a work of historical fiction based on the stories of Jewish woodcarvers who came from the Old Country and turned their talents to carving carousel horses on Coney Island.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2014
    ISBN9781512488814
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    Heidi Smith Hyde

    Heidi Smith Hyde is the director of education of Temple Sinai in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her books include Feivel's Flying Horses, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, and Mendel's Accordion, winner of the Sugarman Award.

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    • 4/5
      When Feivel immigrates to the United States, the Jewish wood carver thinks only of earning the money necessary to bring his wife Goldie and his four children over to join him. Settling in New York, he is soon hard at work as a furniture maker. But when his cousin Mikhail takes him to Coney Island for a treat, and he sees a sign by the carousel advertising for an experienced wood carver, he soon gets into a slightly different line of work. Inspired by his family, he creates gorgeous carved horses for his new employer, dreaming of the day that his family, whose names he carves into some of the horses, can ride the carousel with him...Like so many of author Heidi Smith Hyde's picture-books, Feivel's Flying Horses illuminates an aspect of Jewish history that may be unfamiliar to many readers, young or old. I had no idea that Jewish woodcarvers were central to the booming carousel business of late 19th/early 20th-century America. Feivel's story is poignant and ultimately heartwarming, and the accompanying artwork from illustrator Johanna van der Sterre, who also collaborated with Hyde on Mendel's Accordian, is expressive and appealing. I appreciated the afterword, which gives more information about some of the famous wood carvers who worked in the carousel business. The source that Hyde listed, Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel, Jewish Carving Traditions, sounds absolutely fascinating! This one is recommended to carousel lovers young and old, and to anyone seeking children's stories about immigrants and/or with a Jewish cultural background.
    • 4/5
      21.“Feivel’s Flying Horses” by Heidi Smith Hyde was a wonderful story. The writing is engaging as it takes readers through Feivel’s journey to save enough money to bring his family to America. The plot is suspenseful, as the reader watched Feivel carve the carousel horses for three years, hoping hat when the carousel is finished, it will raise enough money to send for his family. I would have this story in my classroom because it pushes readers to think historically about how people would travel to America to seek opportunity for their families over seas. The main message for the reader to take away from this story is to be resourceful in finding ways to provide for those you love and that hard work and patience conquers all.

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