Yiddish with Dick and Jane

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
Cover of the book Yiddish with Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman, Little, Brown and Company
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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.

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*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.

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