A Papa Like Everyone Else

I give this 2.5 stars. I thoroughly enjoyed reading The All-of-a-Kind Family books and didn’t even know this one existed until I came across it at the bookstore this weekend. Out of the little pile I bought, this was the first book I started. It was somewhat of a let down. Even though “Papa” is in t......more

This is such a darling story! I’m not sure I’ve read a book set in Czechoslovakia before; I know I definitely have not read one featuring a Jewish family that was set there in the early 1900s! I fell in love with Gisella right away (she reminds me of myself when I was a girl), and loved getting to k......more

As a big fan of the All-of-a-Kind Family series from this author I was excited to learn that she had written one additional book at this same reading level. A Papa Like Everyone Else follows sisters Gisella and Szerena, their mother (aptly called Mama) who live in Czechoslovakia as they wait to have......more

A different perspective on the immigration story. A Papa Like Everyone Else portrays the life of two girls and their mother left behind in the old country while Papa went ahead to America. It is a vivid depiction which shares the courage and struggles of the families waiting to join fathers and husb......more

First sentence: Gisella sat very still, her pale green eyes round with wonder. Again the miracle was happening! She had seen it many times before, but always her pulse quickened with the mystery of it. Premise/plot: A Papa Like Everyone Else is set in Czechoslovakia circa 1918/1919. Szerena and Gise......more