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All-of-a-Kind Family Hardcover – Aug. 23 2005

by Sydney Taylor (Author)

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Book 1 of 5: All-of-a-Kind Family

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Meet the All-of-a-Kind Family -- Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie -- who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century.

Together they share adventures that find them searching for hidden buttons while dusting Mama's front parlor and visiting with the peddlers in Papa's shop on rainy days. The girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises.

But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!

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Reading age

8 - 12 years
Book 1 of 5

All-of-a-Kind Family
Print length

192 pages
Language

English
Grade level

3 - 7
Dimensions

15.09 x 1.98 x 21.56 cm
Publisher

Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication date

Aug. 23 2005
ISBN-10

0385732953
ISBN-13

978-0385732956
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Delacorte Books for Young Readers (Aug. 23 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385732953
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385732956
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 113 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.09 x 1.98 x 21.56 cm

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Risser

This was an amazing book

Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2020

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This was such a wonderful book about a loving family including a mother, father and their five daughters. This is such a loving, kind family even though they don’t have much money they make the most of it. One of my favourite parts is that the mother ( aka mama) makes the girls dust the front room everyday and they HATE it so much until she makes it into a game with colourful buttons, then the girls fight over dusting it! Then they get Scarlet Fever so mama is stuck in a room with sick girls. The girls names are Ella, Sarah, Charlotte, Gerttie and Henny. Throughout the book holidays like Passover, Sukkah and Purim go by and they go to the market to shop for food. On a family outing the girls and mama go to the beach and then to the boardwalk and one of the girls gets lost and mama gets very panicked. This is an amazing book with a surprise ending. All ages will enjoy this book. It has a great storyline and it’s not spooky or scary. I highly recommend this book!

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Puccinelli

Book report by my 8 year old.

Reviewed in Canada on January 26, 2022

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This book is about a Jewish family with 5 daughters who live in New York City in the early 1900's. It is a book about life and family. They have good times and bad times but they are always nice to each other. The family gets a big surprise in the end. I enjoyed this book a lot. It was exciting and very descriptive too. So, I recommend this book to others because it is a very good book.

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redandhoney

Review from a 9 year-old girl

Reviewed in Canada on November 22, 2019

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I'm writing a review for this book because I want people to know how great of a book this is. I read this book in 2 hours! Yesterday I was so caught up in the book I forgot to put it down then it was my bedtime! When I tried to sleep, it took like 25 minutes to get into the perfect position! I wanted to finish the book so much! I finally fell asleep, and when I woke up the next morning, the first thing I did was start reading again! I really love the book and I think you should buy it too.

4 people found this helpful

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Christmas in New York Collector

Old but lovely

Reviewed in Canada on March 25, 2016

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I remember reading this book as a child and I loved it then. I just re-read it and it is still a great book! I love the way the mother is portrayed as a gentle lady coping with a family of 5 busy girls. I also love the way the family of recent immigrants is shown in a loving positive light despite the fact that they have no money. Their family is very hard working the way that immigrants often are- and not at all people to be afraid of. This is a must read for all families with little girls!

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Amazon Customer

not accurate description of the book

Reviewed in Canada on May 22, 2023

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This book is suitable if you are looking for a book about the religious and other customs celebrated by the Jewish family. It should be stated in the description. I bought this book by mistake.

Reviewed in Canada on June 27, 2018

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I was thrilled to have found this book. It was a childhood favourite and now I have one for my daughter.
Book arrived in immaculate condition and very quickly.

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D Lantz

Great!

Reviewed in Canada on June 2, 2020

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Like new condition

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Amazon Customer

Trip down memory lane..

Reviewed in Canada on June 22, 2017

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Read it to my 5 daughters in the '70's, while driving to our cottage each week.(husband did the driving).

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Carolyn Steele Agosta

Lovely family story

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2022

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I remember reading this book (and at least one of the sequels) when I was around ten years old and I loved it. Reading now, many years later, I still enjoyed it. Having come from a large family (five girls and a boy) myself, I mostly related to the 'sisters' element of the story when I read it as a child. I especially enjoyed the bit about not wanting to eat the rice soup - oh, the drama over refusing good food in a tight-budget family! I've so been there! I loved the book for its resemblance to my life then.

Reading it now, I was much more aware of the DIFFERENCES in the story from my own childhood. I grew up in a highly-Catholic suburb, lower middle class, rather than a highly-Jewish East Side city tenement area. All the pictures that Sydney Taylor gave of the Jewish rituals and history pretty much went over my head back then - I just accepted them as I had accepted all the many Catholic rituals - whereas now I found them much more interesting.

I still enjoyed the book very much. I don't know whether today's children could relate, whether the story can transcend the millions of changes in lifestyle, attitudes, and behaviors, although kids still seem to enjoy the Little House books. My grandchildren are too young yet for this book but I'm not even sure whether my own children would have enjoyed it. They were more of the Babysitters' Club era - and devoured those books - and even I would have read it as something more from my own grandmother's era, but basically I was that kid who read everything she could get her hands on, and having inherited my mother's Honey Bunch books, I was already accustomed to books set in a previous era. At any rate, I enjoyed rereading it - for its own merits and for the memories of myself as a kid reading it.

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Amazon Customer

Wholesome family read

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2021

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My 6 year old and I are a little more than half way done and we both seem to enjoy it. I will be keeping this book in my library to read to my daughter when she is a bit older. Right now, I read about 3-10 pages every night before bed and my son understands the language and story just fine. There are a few words to challenge his vocabulary and nice content of some details of history of a time come and gone. For example, they talk about pennies and how they save a penny and go to the store and spend half a penny on one thing and half a penny on another. They also have a scene in the book with a continued theme of visiting the library every week which is still relatable to today’s children. The book talks about things such as a love for reading, doing some chores, all 5 girls sleep in the same room, spending pennies, visiting the library every Friday, and how their papa works in a shop and their momma prepares for the sabbath dinner. It’s a cute read. I would recommend it or gift it.

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Josh Fenska

my thoughts as a ten year old girl..

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2020

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KEEP THIS IN YOUR MIND... From the minute that you start this book you will not be able to stop reading!!! this is A great story about the girls and their adventures, some good and some bad! I love it a lot and was not expecting the big surprise that occurred at the end!!!! This is a fantastic book for you to read by yourself but also a fun one for the whole fam to read/listen to all together!! I love this book a lot but was somewhat disappointed to find that in book two, Ella (the oldest age 10 in the first book) was now in high school in the second book! And as book two goes on she has a boyfriend and Sydney Taylor writes about Ella's dates and how she is “in love with him.” Sydney Taylor keeps all love other than that at a minimum and the love that she does show is fine for most kids over six years old. To me the mother is a little stern but that fits well into the story because she is not afraid to scold. Most ALL bad behavior is corrected and wrongs made right. On that note I would strongly suggest that go right now and purchase this book and get to reading it already!! (review by Addie, age 10)

35 people found this helpful

Caroline Bass Health

My 9 year old daughter and I love it!

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2023

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I read it with my 9 year old daughter every night and we love it. The stories are timeless and it's fun to follow along with another Jewish family. Classic novel for generations.

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Ashley

Great book, buy this book!

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2020

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I am going to tell you about a amazing book called All of a Kind Family. This book was written by Sydney Taylor.
There is a family of eight that was Jewish and had five girls.
The girls loved going on adventures together and love each other dearly.
It all starts from library day, through Jewish holidays, and Scarlet Fever. Now, let's not forget shopping with mama, going to the beach, losing one of the girls at Playland, and the most wonderful surprise of all.
I think that this book would make an awesome book to read to your family. Why? Because it has great family values.
I recommend this book to you because it teaches you how to be a family, and how to share, and how to help and encourage your family. That is why I recommend this book to you. - Harper ( Age 9)

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