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All-of-a-Kind Family

Amazon.com Price:  $3.26 (as of 25/04/2019 09:43 PST- Details)

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Meet the All-of-a-Kind  Family — Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie — who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century.

Together they share adventures that find them on the lookout for hidden buttons whilst dusting Mama’s front parlor and visiting with the peddlers in Papa’s shop on rainy days. The girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises.

But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!
There is something to be said for a book that makes you want you’d been a part of a poor immigrant family living in New York’s upper east side on the eve of World War I. Sydney Taylor’s time-honored classic does just that. Life is rich for the five mischievous girls in the family. They find adventure in visiting the library, going to market with Mama, even dusting the front room. Young readers who have never shared a bedroom with four siblings, with no television in sight, will vicariously experience the simple, old-fashioned pleasures of talk, make-consider, and pilfered penny candy. The family’s Jewish faith strengthens their ties to one another, whilst providing still more excitement and opportunity for mischief. Readers unfamiliar with Judaism will learn with the girls all through each and every beautifully depicted holiday. This lively family, subject of four more “all-of-a- kind” books, is stuffed with unique characters, all deftly illustrated by Helen John. Taylor based the stories on her own childhood family, and the true-life quality of her writing gives this classic its page-turning appeal. (Ages 9 to 12)


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