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When Lily goes to Coney Island in 1909 to visit her newborn sister, she learns about the art and traditions of the Jewish woodcarvers who make the carousel animals there.
| Size | | Length: | 60 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 7.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 12.0 oz |
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Gr 2-5 A cheerful but quiet glimpse into a part of old New York 1909 Coney Island. Because Lily's baby sister is born too early, she is placed in the first hospital for premature infants. To be near mother and baby, Lily and her father move in with cousin Samuel, who carves animals for Coney Island's carousels. To mark the days until their family is reunited, they employ an omer calendar (used to count the seven weeks from Passover to Shavuos). While Shed's full-page black-and-white drawings are faint and static, the story captures the colorful locale as well as the Jewish heritage of some of its greatest carousel carvers. Riki Levinson's Dinnie Abbie Sister-r-r (Bradbury, 1987; o.p.) has a similar quality. Marcia W. Posner, Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of Nassau County, Glen Cove, NY
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