How many books are in the All-of-a-Kind Family series?

How many books are in the All-of-a-Kind Family series?

This series of five chapter books recounts the lives of five Jewish sisters who live in Manhattan in the early 1900s with their Mama and Papa.

What order do the all-of-a-Kind Family books go in?

All-of-a-kind Family

  • All-of-a-Kind Family (1951)
  • More All-of-a-kind Family (1954)
  • All-of-a-kind Family Uptown (1958)
  • All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (1972)
  • Ella of All-of-a-kind Family (1978)

Is all-of-a-kind family a true story?

The main characters are named for Taylor’s real-life sisters, Ella, Henny, Charlotte, and Gertrude, and the middle sister was given the author’s birth name, Sarah. The book’s genesis was stories of her childhood that Taylor would tell her daughter, Jo.

What reading level is all-of-a-kind family?

The story of an immigrant Jewish family living in New York’s Lower East Side at the turn of the century. The five daughters—Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie—are inseparable….All-of-a-Kind-Family: Word Search.

Age Range 8 – 12 years
Grade Level 3rd – 7th
ISBN 9780440400592
Lexile 750
Themes immigration history

How many pages are in all of a kind family?

192
Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780440400592
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 61,720
Product dimensions: 5.13(w) x 7.63(h) x 0.47(d)
Lexile: 750L (what’s this?)

Who is the author of all of a kind family?

Sydney Taylor
All-of-a-Kind Family/Authors

When was all of a kind family first published?

1951
All-of-a-Kind Family/Originally published
All-of-a-Kind Family (1951) is the first book of a series. Other books in the series include More All-of-a-Kind Family (1954), All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown (1957), All-of-a-Kind Family Down- town (1972), and Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family (1978).

How old is Sydney Taylor?

73 years (1904–1978)
Sydney Taylor/Age at death

When was all-of-a-kind family first published?

Who wrote all of a kind family?

All-of-a-Kind Family/Authors
Sydney Taylor, author of the immensely popular All-of-a-Kind Family books (published between the 1950s and the 1970s), provided one notable exception.

Is Sydney Taylor still alive?

Deceased (1904–1978)
Sydney Taylor/Living or Deceased

Did Sydney Taylor have children?

After dancing with the Martha Graham Dance Company, Taylor took time off to have her one and only child, a daughter. As her daughter grew up Taylor would tell her stories about her own childhood. Because of her daughter’s inquiries, Taylor wrote down her memories and then tucked them away in a drawer.

What happens in the all-of-a-kind family book series?

The All-of-a-Kind Family girls truly cherish the books they are able to read, and as readers, we get to share in their excitement. In the third book of Sydney Taylor’s classic children’s series, Ella finds a boyfriend and Henny disagrees with Papa over her curfew.

What is the third book in all of a kind?

More All-of-a-Kind Family In the third book of Sydney Taylor’s classic children’s series, Ella finds a boyfriend and Henny disagrees with Papa over her curfew. Thus continues the tale of a Jewish family of five sisters-Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie-living at the turn of the century in New York’s Lower East Side.

Are the all of a kind family books any good?

Among the best of children’s literature! It is impossible to adequately describe how important the “All of a Kind Family” books have been to my daughters, beginning when they were ages three and six and continuing now years later.

What are some good books for a family with five daughters?

The All-of-a-Kind Family Series 1 Family and Sisterhood. Growing up, being part of a family with five daughters would have been the fulfillment of my greatest childhood wish. 2 Love of Literature and Reading. 3 The Jewish Faith. 4 The “All-of-a-Kind Family” Books and the “Betsy-Tacy” Series. 5 Share your experience!

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