The book rescuer : how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come
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Author
Contributors
Innerst, Stacy, illustrator.
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - J Biography
J BIO LANSKY MACY
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J BIO LANSKY MACY
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LC Subjects
Book collectors -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Jewish men -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Lansky, Aaron, -- 1955-
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children
Yiddish language -- Revival -- Juvenile literature.
Jewish men -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Lansky, Aaron, -- 1955-
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children
Yiddish language -- Revival -- Juvenile literature.
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 5, 1 Points
Level 5, 1 Points
Notes
General Note
Ages 4-8, K to grade 3.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 47).
Description
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.