October 6, 2011
Not all Jewish immigrants settled in New York. The plains of Wyoming were home to a community of Jewish farmers and when one of them, a Yiddishe Mama, finds an orphan colt, she nurtures it, loves it, and joyfully greets the day when the colt, whom Mama named Berchick, can run wild and free. In the award-winning Berchick and another of the author’s books called Long Johns for a Young Chicken, kindness to animals and acts of lovingkindness are expressed through heartwarming writing and pictures.