Rifka Takes a Bow

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Rifka s parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York s Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place the Yiddish theater in the early 20^th century -- made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl.

A 2014 Sydney Taylor Honor Book

ISBN: 978-0-7613-8127-3 (Hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0-7613-8128-0 (Paperback)

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Author: Betty Rosenberg Perlov
Illustrator: Cosei Kawa
Ages: 5-9
Grades: K-3
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"Vividly capturing a bygone New York, 'Rifka Takes a Bow' also celebrates the enduring pleasures of childhood...Written in English, it offers a charming tribute to the droll cadences, reassuring logic and irrepressible humor of Yiddish itself." *The New York Times Book Review*

"A memoir told with love and nostalgia....Unusual and unabashedly charming." starred, Kirkus Reviews

9780761381273

32 Pages

9 1/4 x 11

Full-Color Illustrations

Original Artwork

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