| Author: | Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman | ISBN: | 9780316025553 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company | Publication: | July 31, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown and Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman |
| ISBN: | 9780316025553 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication: | July 31, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown and Company |
| Language: | English |
*Jane is in real estate.
Today is Saturday.*
Jane has an open house.
She must schlep the Open House signs to the car.
See Jane schlep*.*
Schlep*, Jane.* Schlep*.*
Schlep, schlep, schlep.
In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have used when learning to read--manage to express shades of feeling and nuances of meaning that ordinary English just can't deliver. How? By speaking Yiddish, employing terms that convey an attitude--part plucky self-assertion, part ironic fatalism. When Dick schmoozes, when Jane kvetches, when their children fress noodles at a Chinese restaurant, the clash of cultures produces genuine hilarity.
*Jane is in real estate.
Today is Saturday.*
Jane has an open house.
She must schlep the Open House signs to the car.
See Jane schlep*.*
Schlep*, Jane.* Schlep*.*
Schlep, schlep, schlep.
In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have used when learning to read--manage to express shades of feeling and nuances of meaning that ordinary English just can't deliver. How? By speaking Yiddish, employing terms that convey an attitude--part plucky self-assertion, part ironic fatalism. When Dick schmoozes, when Jane kvetches, when their children fress noodles at a Chinese restaurant, the clash of cultures produces genuine hilarity.
