A book about bupkes

"This is a book about bupkes: nothing, zero, zilch. An empty garden, an empty bench at the playground, an empty soup bowl all seem like nothing - bupkes! The funny thing is that bupkes may mean nothing - but it can feel like everything"--

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Main Author: Kimmelman, Leslie (Author)
Other Authors: De Rond, Roxana (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Kar-Ben Publishing, [2023]
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Summary:"This is a book about bupkes: nothing, zero, zilch. An empty garden, an empty bench at the playground, an empty soup bowl all seem like nothing - bupkes! The funny thing is that bupkes may mean nothing - but it can feel like everything"--
Item Description:"Bupkes: nothing at all. The word is Yiddish, a language that was once spoken by the Jews of Eastern Europe and elsewhere around the world. Some people still speak Yiddish today."
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Audience:Ages 4-8.
Grades K-1.
ISBN:9781728460222
1728460220
9781728460291
1728460298
Author Notes:Leslie Kimmelman is the author of more than fifty children's picture books and early readers, both fiction and nonfiction, including Everybody Says Shalom, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book, and We're Amazing, 1, 2, 3! A Story About Friendship and Autism, the book that first introduced Sesame Street's Julia . Leslie was a children's book editor for many years, including almost twenty-fiveyears at Sesame Workshop. She lives in the New York City area. Please visit her at lesliekimmelman.com. Roxana de Rond has a passion for drawing. While completing her MA in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, she turned people-watching into stories told with just a few strokes of pen and ink and gouache. She lives in Cambridge, England."