Rifka Takes a Bow Contributor(s): Perlov, Rebecca Rosenberg (Author), Kawa, Cosei (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0761381287 ISBN-13: 9780761381280 Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (R) OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - Theater & Musicals - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Religious - Jewish |
Dewey: E |
Series: Kar-Ben Favorites |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.8" W x 10.7" (0.30 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 164956 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 20th century―made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perlov, Rebecca Rosenberg: - Betty Rosenberg Perlov, age 96, grew up in the Yiddish Theater, where her mother was an actress and her father a producer. Always artistic, she was a "child star" on her father's weekly Yiddish radio soap opera. In her 50's, she decided to go to college, where she acquired a BA and then, in her 60's, an MS in Speech Pathology. She has always worked hard to share her artistic vision; this book is her triumph. She lives in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York and will be personally promoting her book in the New York area. Kawa, Cosei: -Cosei Kawa is an award-winning Japanese artist. His many accolades include the CCBC Choices best-of-the-year list, the Sydney Taylor Book Award Silver Medal, and the Turry's Picture Book Award. |