Feivel's Flying Horses

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 fo......more

This book should be in every Jewish library, both in homes and in synaogogues/schools. Wonderful story that takes place during the Golden Years of Jewish immigration to the United States when families were separated when fathers (and mothers) came over to make better lives for their families back in......more

Lots of immigrants came to America to make a better life for themselves. Feivel, a wood carver by trade, was no different. He leaves his wife and four children behind, with the promise to send for them later. In New York he crafted furniture. It was hard work. His cousin Mikhael invited him to see C......more

Late 1880s setting for story of an eastern european immigrant who comes to America to earn for his family. The book follows him carving the horses for a carousel, giving them the attributes of his beloved family members. "Some... were gentle and some were fierce. Some spoke of happiness and love, so......more