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The book rescuer : how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come  Cover Image Book Book

The book rescuer : how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come

Macy, Sue (author.). Innerst, Stacy, (illustrator.).

Summary: Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he's found plenty. Lansky's treasure was any book written in Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient has collected close to 1.5 million books, and he's finding more every day.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781481472203
  • ISBN: 1481472208
  • ISBN: 9781481472210
  • ISBN: 1481472216
  • Physical Description: print
    48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 47).
Target Audience Note:
Ages 4-8.
Grade K to 3.
Awards Note:
Sydney Taylor Book Award Gold Medal, Picture Book category, 2020.
Subject: Lansky, Aaron 1955- Juvenile literature
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) History Juvenile literature
Book collectors Massachusetts New Bedford Biography Juvenile literature
Jewish men Massachusetts New Bedford Biography Juvenile literature
Yiddish language Revival Juvenile literature
Lansky, Aaron 1955-
Book collectors Massachusetts New Bedford Biography
Jewish men Massachusetts New Bedford Biography
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) History
Yiddish language Revival
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Religion / Judaism
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Books & Libraries
Lansky, Aaron 1955-
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.)
Book collectors
Jewish men
Yiddish language Revival
Massachusetts New Bedford
Lansky, Aaron 1955-
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) History
Book collecting New Bedford (Mass.) Biography
Genre: Picture books.
Picture books for children.
Biographies.
History.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Biographies.

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      Athens-Clarke County Library
JB LANSKY ( Send Text)
31001003851046 JUV Available
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      Monroe-Walton County Library
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31012006107807 CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS Available
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