Richard Ungar has completed his first book for Tundra, after studies at the Ontario College of Art, the Jerusalem School of Fine Art, and with Toronto artist Mark Thurman. Originally from Montreal and a lawyer by profession, Mr. Ungar lives with his wife and two boys in Toronto, where he is at work on his next book.
“With dense, jewel-toned watercolors and colored-pencil
illustrations, and characterizations and perspectives reminiscent
of Chagall and other Jewish visual folklorists, Ungar swiftly and
affectionately transports readers to a mythical, long-ago
world.”
–Publishers Weekly
“Ungar’s small black and white pictures give appealingly realistic
vignettes of characters, while the brilliantly coloured main
pictures are exuberant celebrations of village life with a nod to
Chagall. His text conveys the relish of the storyteller.”
–Quill & Quire
“Richard Ungar has written a book about Chelm that you will really
enjoy...Ungar not only wrote the story, but drew the pictures, too.
And they are wonderful: full of rich blues, greens, oranges, hot
pinks, purples and reds. This is a very funny book, and it is well
worth reading.”
–Canadian Jewish News
“…[a] marvelous adaptation…it is Unger’s illustrations –
watercolour and coloured pencil on paper – that make this book as
lustrous and heart-warming as the fullest, brightest moon…They
empower every setting and embrace the lead characters, including
the moon, in all their eccentric splendour…Rachel Captures the Moon
is a not-to-be-missed outstanding contribution to Jewish-content
children’s literature by a Canadian author-illustrator and
publisher. Rush out and buy it today.”
–Ottawa Jewish Bulletin
“The plot of the story celebrates common sense, but the
illustrations invoke a nighttime world of imagination, and the
combination works beautifully.”
–CCL
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