From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-Of-A-Kind Family by Cummins, June
From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-Of-A-Kind Family by Cummins, June

From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-Of-A-Kind Family

This "thoughtful, timely, and comprehensive biography" (Jennifer Weiner, New York Times Book Review) of All-of-a-Kind Family author...
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Author: June Cummins
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Language: English
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From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-Of-A-Kind Family by Cummins, June

From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-Of-A-Kind Family

$92.50
From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-Of-A-Kind Family by Cummins, June

From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-Of-A-Kind Family

$92.50
Author: June Cummins
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
This "thoughtful, timely, and comprehensive biography" (Jennifer Weiner, New York Times Book Review) of All-of-a-Kind Family author Sydney Taylor highlights her dramatic influence on American children's literature

"Delv[es] deeply into historical context, including Jewish immigrant experiences. . . . An uncommonly intimate portrait. . . . Deeply empathetic."--Elissa Gershowitz, Horn Book

This is the first and only biography of Sydney Taylor (1904-1978), author of the award-winning All-of-a-Kind Family series of books, the first juvenile novels published by a mainstream publisher to feature Jewish children characters. The family--based on Taylor's own as a child--includes five sisters, each two years apart, dressed alike by their fastidious immigrant mother so they all look the same: all-of-a-kind. The four other sisters' names were the same in the books as in their real lives; only the real-life Sarah changed hers to the boyish Sydney while she was in high school. Cummins elucidates the deep connections between the progressive Taylor's books and American Jewish experiences, arguing that Taylor was deeply influential in the development of national Jewish identity. This biography conveys the vital importance of children's books in the transmission of Jewish culture and the preservation of ethnic heritage.

Author: June Cummins, Alexandra Dunietz
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 06/22/2021
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780300243550


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2021 pg. 153

About the Author
June Cummins was professor emerita of English and comparative literature at San Diego State University, where she made important contributions to its National Center for the Study of Children's Literature. Alexandra Dunietz is a historian of the medieval Middle East.
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