It Could Always Be Worse*
Books
Author: Margot Zemach
Illustrator: Margot Zemach
Once upon a time, a poor unfortunate man lived with his
mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut.
Because they were so crowded, the children often fought
and the man and his wife argued. He ran to the Rabbi
for help. As he follows the rabbi’s unlikely advice, the
poor man’s life goes from bad to worse, with increasingly
uproarious results. In his little hut, silly calamity follows
foolish catastrophe, all memorably depicted in full-color
illustrations that are both funnier and lovelier than any this
distinguished artist has done in the past.