AllofaKind Family Downtown, Sydney Taylor
AllofaKind Family Downtown, Sydney Taylor
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All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown

Author: Sydney Taylor

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 3 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2024

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Sydney Taylor grew up among immigrant families on New York City's Lower East Side prior to World War I and wrote the All-of-a-Kind Family series for her daughter. This sequel finds talented Ella, mischievous Henny, studious Sarah, dreamy Charlotte, and little Gertie helping Mama with their new baby brother, Charlie. Sydney Taylor’s charming books capture the everyday life of a home with little money but lots of love and good times to share.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

I’d skipped this one and the Ella book when I read books 1, 3, and 4 because I’d been informed that this one had been written later (turns out not to be true, though it was published later) and that the tone and story were too different, and it was not worth reading. For me it was very worth reading......more

Goodreads review by Katie

I LOVED these books when I was a little girl and read them over and over - I learned so much about the Jewish religion - how to be in a family, the power of love, the richness of the holidays - the joys of having sisters - I could see and smell what was happening in these books - I have been on the......more

Goodreads review by Abigail

That loving, close-knit Jewish family, five girls and one boy, whose life in New York City during the early years of the twentieth century is chronicled in author Sydney Taylor's five-book series, return in this delightful new adventure, which covers events occurring between All-of-a-Kind Family......more

Goodreads review by Rebekah

There is just something refreshing about this series! The writing style is simple yet not boring. The characters are so real that I sometimes think I could go visit them. And life on the East Side of New York for this Jewish American family in the early 1900s is vivid. I love each of the girls: Ella......more