Once I Was a Plum Tree book. Johanna Hurwitz, Ingrid Fetz (Illustrator).
Once I Was a Plum Tree book. Once Gerry's family name Pflaumenbaum, Which means "plum tree" in German. Now, it's jusy plain flam, which means nithing at al. What religion are you?" is the worst thing anyone could ask ten-year-old Geraldine Flam.
Johanna Hurwitz, Ingrid Fetz. Category: Children's Books. Increasingly aware of the differences between her family, who are nonobservant Jews, and their Catholic neighbors, 10-year-old Gerry Flam begins to investigate her heritage. Download Once I Was a Plum Tree by Johanna Hurwitz, Ingrid Fetz free. Once I Was a Plum Tree by Johanna Hurwitz, Ingrid Fetz fb2 DOWNLOAD FREE. Russell Rides Again (Beech Tree Chapter Books).
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Once I Was a Plum Tree, illustrated by Ingrid Fetz, Morrow (New York, NY), 1980. Hurwitz grew up in a New York City apartment where the walls were lined with books. Superduper Teddy, illustrated by Susan Jeschke, Morrow (New York, NY), 1980, illustrated by Lillian Hoban, 1990, illustrated by Debbie Tilley, Harper-Trophy (New York, NY), 2001. Her parents (who met in a bookstore) passed their love of reading on to their daughter; Hurwitz remembers being interested in books from an early age. She secured a library card as soon as she was able to and by age ten decided that she would someday become a librarian and a writer.
I thought Once I Was A Plum Tree was a very sensitively written book, dealing with the child who feels different from the others in her milieu and must find her own sense of identity without many supports around her. The characterizations rang true, and the relationships between people were finely drawn. It was a very satisfying read.
Award-winning author Johanna Hurwitz is back with a new addition to the charming Park Pals Adventures series.
A guinea pig in Central Park? PeeWee, once a boy's dear pet, has been secretly released into the wilds of Central Park. But instead of relishing his freedom, PeeWee is at first a stranger in a strange land-until he meets Lexi, a city-wise squirrel who gives his new stubby-tailed friend some tips as well as some confidence. Award-winning author Johanna Hurwitz is back with a new addition to the charming Park Pals Adventures series. Squirrels Lexington (Lexi) and Lenox decide to visit the New York City streets they were named after.
Find nearly any book by Johanna Hurwitz (page 8). Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Once I Was a Plum Tree: ISBN 9780688222239 (978-0-688-22223-9) Hardcover, William Morrow & Co, 1980.
Once Gerry Flam's family name was Pflaumenbaum, just as once the family was Jewish. Now (1947), not only do Gerry's assimilated parents eat bacon and have a Christmas tree; they also make the girls dress up in new spring clothes on Easter Sunday. Then the two girls sit on the stoop and wait for their friends to get home from church. This only makes Gerry feel more ""different,"" and more curious about what it means to be Jewish. Once Gerry Flam's family name was Pflaumenbaum, just as once the family was Jewish.
3) Once I Was a Plum Tree Johanna Hurwitz, ages 9 and u. Much has been written about this horrifying Holocaust book.
3) Once I Was a Plum Tree Johanna Hurwitz, ages 9 and up. Why are parents so inconsistent? . An eye-rolling tween is sick of her grandparents’ survival stories, so when she goes to open the door for Elijah during their Seder, she gets her just desserts: magical transportation through time and space to a shtetl, and then a concentration camp. As she’s about to enter the gas chamber, she tumbles again through the space-time continuum and ends up back in the doorway of her grandparents’ house chastened and humbled.
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