The book rescuer : how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come / written by Sue Macy ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: Z989.L36 M33 2019

Overview

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.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Macy, Sue, author.
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019]
Locale: Massachusetts
New Bedford
New Bedford (Mass.)
Edition: First edition
Other Authors/Editors: Innerst, Stacy, illustrator.
Notes: "A Paula Wiseman Book."

Includes bibliographical references (page 47).

Ages 4-8.

Grade K to 3.

Sydney Taylor Book Award Gold Medal, Picture Book category, 2020.

Subjects: Book collectors--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Biography--Juvenile literature. Jewish men--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Biography--Juvenile literature. Yiddish language--Revival--Juvenile literature. Book collectors--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Biography. Jewish men--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Biography. Yiddish language--Revival. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Religion / Judaism. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Books & Libraries. Book collectors. Jewish men. Massachusetts--New Bedford. Book collecting--New Bedford (Mass.)--Biography. Picture books. Picture books for children. Biographies. History. Juvenile works. Lansky, Aaron,--1955---Juvenile literature. Lansky, Aaron,--1955- National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.)--History--Juvenile literature. National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.)--History. National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.)

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