{"product_id":"all-of-a-kind-family-downtown-9781939601254","title":"All-Of-A-Kind Family Downtown","description":"\u003cp\u003eElla, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie are back  In the fourth entry in the All-of-a-Kind Family series--set right after the first book--Charlie is growing up. Ella gets a big role in the Purim play, Henny gets into trouble at school and runs away from home, Sarah gets her ears pierced, Charlotte has a scary kitchen accident, and Gertie finally is old enough to have a book of her own. Life is never dull for this one-of-a-kind family \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1904 on New York's Lower East Side, \u003cb\u003eSydney Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the first authors of children's books centered on Jewish characters, and is especially known for the immensely popular All-of-a-Kind Family series. The Sydney Taylor Book Award is given each year by the Jewish Association of Libraries to a book for young people that authentically portrays the Jewish experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1904 on New York's Lower East Side, Sydney Taylor was one of the first authors of children's books centered on Jewish characters. She didn't begin writing until she married and had a daughter, to whom she told bedtime stories about growing up with five sisters. She wrote a manuscript and put it in a drawer, and it wasn't until her husband secretly submitted it to Charles A. Follet Award for Writing that Taylor's bedtime stories became the immensely popular All-of-a-Kind Family series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaylor died in 1978 at the age of seventy-three. The Sydney Taylor Book Award is given each year by the Jewish Association of Libraries to a book for young people that authentically portrays the Jewish experience.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lizzie Skurnick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612711948562,"sku":"9781939601254","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0498573-3b60-47b6-b031-039c98dd5b1b.jpg?v=1732377076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-of-a-kind-family-downtown-9781939601254","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}