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The book rescuer how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come

Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he's found plenty. Lansky's treasure was any book written Yiddish, the language of gen...

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Main Author: Macy, Sue (Author)
Other Authors: Innerst, Stacy (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Lansky, Aaron, > 1955- > Juvenile nonfiction.
Book collectors > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Jewish men > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Yiddish language > Revival > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he's found plenty. Lansky's treasure was any book written Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient has collected close to 1.5 million books, and he's finding more every day. Told in a folkloric voice reminiscent of Patricia Polacco, this story celebrates the power of an individual to preserve history and culture, while exploring timely themes of identity and immigration.
Item Description: Ages 4-8, K to grade 3.
Physical Description: pages ; cm
ISBN: 9781481472203
1481472208
9781481472210
1481472216
Author Notes: Sue Macy is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber , which was on the Amelia Bloomer List and named a CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book, among many other accolades. Sue is also the author of Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom and Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map . A former editor at Scholastic, she lives in Englewood, New Jersey. Learn more at SueMacy.com.

Stacy Innerst is the illustrator of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of RBG vs. Inequality , which earned the prestigious designation of New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book. He also illustrated the award-winning The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue , which received four starred reviews; Thomas Jefferson Grows a Nation ; and Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Ideas , among others. He studied art and history at the University of New Mexico and resides in Pittsburgh. Learn more at StacyInnerst.com.

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