Five Stories

One Building. Five Stories. Infinite Possibilities. Ellen Weinstein’s new place-driven children’s picture book, Five Stories, turns a slice-of-life into a richly layered look at the power of culture, community, and caring. Grounded in her family’s Lower East Side history, the stories expand, taking r......more

Well, it's not often that a book makes me want to hug it to my chest and cry happy tears, but this one did. It is a love letter to, a celebration of, a neighborhood (the Lower East Side side), a building, a community, and immigrants. It's a reminder that almost all of us in the US came from somewher......more

This one is a 3,5 for me. This picture book's clever title, its richly detailed illustrations, and its focus on one Lower East Side building's 100+ year history. provides readers a glimpse into that particular New York City neighborhood through the eyes of five youngsters who lived on different floo......more

First sentence: Buildings are like people: each one has a story. This building is over a hundred years old and holds thousands of stories about the people who have lived here on New York's Lower East Side. Lots of families have come to the Lower East Side from different parts of the world and made i......more

History is beautifully captured in this highly readable story. FIVE STORIES shows how one neighborhood has changed over time by sharing five families that have lived in one building. It is based on the building the author's grandmother lived in and the real people who have lived in it since. From 19......more