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All-of-a-Kind Family
''All-of-a-Kind Family'' is a 1951 children's book by Sydney Taylor about a family of five American Jewish girls growing up on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1912. It was followed by four sequels. Background ''All-of-a-Kind Family'' is based on Sydney Taylor's recollections of her childhood on Manhattan's Lower East Side, where her family settled along with many other Jewish families after migrating from Eastern Europe by way of Germany. The main characters are named for Taylor's real-life sisters, Ella, Henny, Charlotte, and Gertrude, and the middle sister was given the author's birth name, Sarah. The book's genesis was stories of her childhood that Taylor would tell her daughter, Jo. Taylor wrote:"I took my daughter Jo down to the old neighborhood where Papa, Mama and the five little girls had lived. But the past was dead there; it lived only in me. I decided to write it all down for Jo. Perhaps in this way I could re-create for both of us some feeling of that other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Taylor
Sydney Taylor (October 30, 1904 – February 12, 1978) was an American writer, known for her series of children's books about a Jewish-American family in New York during the early 20th century. Her first book won the Charles W. Follett Award in children's literature. Early life and education She was born Sarah Brenner on October 30, 1904, in New York City to Cecilia ( Marowitz) and Morris Brenner, Jewish immigrants from Germany. Her parents and eldest sister Ella had emigrated in 1901 to the United States and settled in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Taylor was the third of the five daughters who would become characters in her later books: Ella, Henrietta, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertrude. She had two younger brothers. German was the first language of the Brenner children, although they spoke English among themselves and outside of the home. The Brenner family moved from the Lower East Side to the Bronx in 1916. Taylor attended Morris High School (Bronx). Correspondence saved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |