Goldie Takes a Stand!, Barbara Krasner
Goldie Takes a Stand!, Barbara Krasner
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Goldie Takes a Stand!
Golda Meir's First Crusade

Author: Barbara Krasner

Narrator: Erin Yuen

Unabridged: 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2015

Synopsis

Even at the age of nine, little Golda Meir was known for her leadership skills. As president of the American Young Sisters Society, she organized friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates. This story is a glimpse at the early life of Israel

About Barbara Krasner

Barbara Krasner publishes the popular blog, The Whole Megillah: The Writer's Resource for Jewish-Themed Story. She runs workshops and conferences for Jewish writers at the Highlights Foundation and in conjunction with the Association of Jewish Libraries. Barbara has an M.F.A. in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of many articles, short stories, poems, and books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Prabhat

Goldie Takes a Stand: Golda Mier’s First crusade by Barbara Krasner, Illustrator Kelsey Garrity- Riley, Hindi Language translation by Arvind Gupta- Children’s Illustrated Colour Picture Book- The book narrates the story of a Jew, Golda Mier who had shifted from USSR to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA in 1......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear

A short simple look at how a young Golda Meir raised money for textbooks for her Milwaukee school in 1908. She must have been quite the formidable young lady and persuasive speaker. I didn't agree with her original method of forcing people to pay more for groceries just to pay for textbooks. That se......more

Goodreads review by Deke

I have visited Golda Meir’s house in Kyiv, where she was born, but I honestly had no idea that she had immigrated to the United States and lived in Milwaukee before moving to Israel! This is a wonderful book to show how even very young kids can see injustices in the world and make very practical eff......more

Goodreads review by Michelle

Wonderful story relaying Golda Meir's childhood crusade to purchase school books for the children in her class who could not afford them. You're never too young to make a difference, great message.......more

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