One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781635925319)

For fans of All-of-a-Kind Family, here is the true story of how Sarah Brenner, a poor girl from New York City's Lower East Side, became Sydney Taylor: dancer, actress, and successful children's book author.

Sarah Brenner might have come from an all-of-a-kind family (five sisters who all dressed alike), but she was always one of a kind. Growing up in a Jewish immigrant family on New York's impoverished Lower East Side, Sarah loved visiting the library, celebrating holidays with her family, and taking free dance classes at the Henry Street Settlement. But she was always aware of things that weren't fair--whether it was that women couldn't vote, or how girls were treated in her school, or that her parents had had to leave Europe because they were Jewish. When she grew up, Sarah changed her name to Sydney and became an actress and a dancer, but she never forgot the importance of fighting unfairness, whether it was anti-Semitism at her job or the low wages of workers. And when her daughter complained that it wasn't fair that there were no books about Jewish children like her, Sydney put pen to paper and wrote a one-of-a-kind children's book.

From well-known Jewish children's author Richard Michelson, this is the story of how Sarah became Sydney and how she showed children the joy of seeing their culture reflected on the page.

Author: Richard Michelson
ISBN-10: 1635925312
ISBN-13: 9781635925319
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2024
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 11.25h x 8.90w x 0.35d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 01/15/2024
Booklist 01/01/2024 pg. 52
School Library Journal 01/26/2024 pg. 1
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2024 pg. 112