Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

From New York Times Best Illustrated Book artist Stacy Innerst and author Sue Macy comes a story of one man's heroic effort to save the world's Yiddish books in their Sydney Taylor Book Award-winning masterpiece.

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.

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    • ISBN-13
      9781481472203
    • Weight
      1.05 lbs
    • ISBN-10
      1481472208
    • Item #
      62105
  • Category
    Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Age Group
    6 to 8 yrs
  • Grade Level
    K-2
  • Language
    English
  • Binding
    Hardcover
  • Theme 1
    Biography & Autobiography
  • Detailed (BISAC) Subject/Theme
    Judaism
  • Author
    Macy, Sue
  • Lexile Level
    890
  • AR Level
    5.0
  • Dewey
    b
  • Publisher
    Simon & Schuster
  • Publication Date
    10/1/2019
  • Pages
    48
  • Dimensions
    0.3 H × 11.5 L × 8.8 W
  • Case Qty
    20

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