Zayda Was a Cowboy - Softcover

Nislick, June Levitt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0827608179 ISBN 13: 9780827608177

Publisher: JEWISH PUBLICATON SOCIETY, 2005

Synopsis

The extraordinary story of how one family, and one young boy in particular, are changed forever when Zayda (Yiddish for “grandfather”) comes to live with them. At first the young narrator, Bill, is resistant to all the changes in the house: Zayda spooks his friends, tries to get Bill to speak Yiddish, and demands strange foods like herring. But as Zayda starts telling Bill and his brother Danny the fascinating story of his life, a story filled with many extraordinary dangers and adventures, the boys begin to see their grandfather in a whole new light. From why, as a young boy, he was forced to flee his Russian village for America to how he eventually became a cowboy, Zayda holds the boys captive with his amazing tale. Like Zayda’s grandsons, young readers—and their parents and teachers—will also be entranced by Zayda’s saga. While the characters are fictional, Zayda’s experiences are historically correct and are a colorful retelling of a fascinating yet little-known time of Jewish-American history. This book, like Zayda himself—funny, touching, and memorable—is destined to be a favorite of Jewish and non-Jewish children alike, teachers, librarians, and educators for many years to come.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Jewish Book World says: "The true charm of the story is in listening to Zayda tell it... Seldom does a written narrative so resemble human speech and just as seldom does narrative style establish character as well as this does."

About the Author:

Surprisingly, Zayda Was a Cowboy is June Levitt Nislick's first children's book. A writer for the newsletter of the Jewish Family & Children's Family Service of North Jersey for many years, she had never considered publishing a children's book until winning the Sydney Taylor prize for an unpublished manuscript. A mother and a grandmother, Nislick lives with her husband in Manhatan.

About this edition

• Publisher: JEWISH PUBLICATON SOCIETY
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0827608179
• ISBN 13: 9780827608177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88