![]() ![]() assimilation so common in immigrant communities, but also struggles parents in any community can relate to: picky eaters, arguments about curfews, tantrums playing out all day, the rules for dating, and not having any space to yourself. As the children grow up, there's the push-pull of tradition vs. The family celebrates every Jewish holiday - often with thorny the political issues of the era as a backdrop - and language and traditions are explained and translated. These books use a close-knit family - parents, five girls and one boy - to explore the Jewish culture and how it changed as the children are born, grow up, and become adults themselves. The language is fairly formal (think Laura Ingalls Wilder rather than Judy Blume), reflecting the style at the time the series was first published in 1951. Parents need to know that Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family series delves deep into the lives of hardworking Jewish immigrants who are poor in material goods but rich in love. Parents, aunts, uncles, teachers, librarians, shopkeepers - everyone is gentle and caring, and the series stresses the importance of being a good person and looking out for others. ![]()
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