Name: All-of-a-Kind Family
ISBN: 9780307786838

Sydney Taylor

Meet the All-of-a-Kind Family -- Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie -- who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century. Together they share adventures that find them searching for hidden buttons while dusting Mama's front parlor and visiting with the peddlers in Papa's shop on rainy days. The girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises. But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!

All-of-a-Kind Family

The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century.

All-of-a-kind Family

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This is a sweet mid-century book about a Jewish family in the lower East Side at the turn of the century. It's an episodic book, taking place over the course of a year or so. There are a couple of chapters devoted to celebrating Jewish holidays (Sabbath, Purim, Passover, Succos), as well as more general chapters devoted to the sorts of mishaps and adventures a large family of children can get into (losing a library book, a day at the beach, their father's birthday, etc). I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will definitely be reading the rest of the series in the future.

Melody Izard

I think a lot of people must have read this as children and have the sort of nostalgia for this series that I have for the Bobsey Twins. No way the Bobsey twins could stand up to my memory. Anyone unacquainted would never be able to read more than one. All-of-a-kind family was predictable and bland. Glad I read it - but I'm done.

Heather Wood

I adored this book when I was young, and I still adore it as an adult. Furthermore, my kids loved it, including my 9 year old son, even though it's about a family of turn of the century Jewish little girls! He wants to continue with the series!

All-of-a-Kind Family

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