Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope by Rockliff, Mara

Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope

Meet the boy who made up his own language -- and brought hope to millions. Once there...
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Author: Mara Rockliff
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Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope by Rockliff, Mara

Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope

$40.62

Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope

$40.62
Author: Mara Rockliff
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Meet the boy who made up his own language -- and brought hope to millions.

Once there was a town of many languages but few kind words. Growing up Jewish in Bialystok, Poland, in the late 1800s, young Leyzer Zamenhof was surrounded by languages: Russian, Yiddish, German, Polish, and many others. But the multiethnic Bialystok was full of mistrust and suspicion, and Leyzer couldn't help but wonder: If everyone could understand each other, wouldn't they be able to live in peace? So Zamenhof set out to create a new language, one that would be easy to learn and could connect people around the world. He published a book of his new language and signed it Dr. Esperanto -- "one who hopes." Mara Rockliff uses her unique knack for forgotten history to tell the story of a young man who saw possibility where others saw only barriers, while Polish illustrator Zosia Dzierzawska infuses every scene with warmth and energy, bringing the story of Esperanto to life.

Author: Mara Rockliff
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 03/12/2019
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.70h x 9.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780763689155
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 516675 / Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2019
Booklist 02/01/2019 pg. 64
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 128

About the Author
Mara Rockliff is the author of many books for children, including the picture books Mesmerized, an Orbis Pictus Honor Book; Around America to Win the Vote; Anything But Ordinary Addie; Chik Chak Shabbat; and Me and Momma and Big John, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book and Golden Kite Award winner. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Zosia Dzierzawska studied illustration in Milan, Italy. She has published throughout the world, and her work has appeared in the New York Times. Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope is her American picture book debut. She lives in Warsaw, Poland.


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