![]() ![]() ![]() At the very end of the first book, a sweet baby boy named Charlie is added to the family! And at the end of the entire series, Ella has graduated from high school and is exploring a career as a professional singer. All five girls are spaced exactly two years apart, so they are a “steps-and-stairs,” or “all-of-a-kind” family, with Henny, Sarah, and Charlotte falling in the middle between Ella and Gertie. (Mama has her hands full at home taking care of so many children!)Īt the beginning of the series, the oldest daughter Ella is twelve, and Gertie, the very youngest, is four. Papa and Mama both immigrated to America from the “old country” and they now live on the Lower East Side where Papa runs a junk shop for local peddlers. This series of five chapter books recounts the lives of five Jewish sisters who live in Manhattan in the early 1900s with their Mama and Papa. If you haven’t yet read Sydney Taylor’s All-of-a-Kind Family books, you are in for a treat. ![]()
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