Bibliograph

The book rescuer, how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come, written by Sue Macy ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Type

Label

The book rescuer, how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come, written by Sue Macy ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 47).

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 4-8.

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grade K to 3.

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The book rescuer

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1050456670

Responsibility statement

written by Sue Macy ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst

Sub title

how a mensch from Massachusetts saved Yiddish literature for generations to come

Summary

Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure, and he's found plenty. Lansky's treasure was any book written in Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient has collected close to 1.5 million books, and he's finding more every day

Target audience

juvenile

Classification