Joseph and Anna's time capsule
Subtitle: a legacy from old Jewish Prague
By: Chaya M. Burstein ; illustrated by Nancy Edwards Calder ; edited by Linda A. Altshuler and Marjorie L. Share.
Contributors: Calder, Nancy Edwards, ill.; Altshuler, Linda A.; Share, Marjorie L., 1950-; Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service.
Publisher: Summit Books; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York, NY; Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Jews -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.; Judaism -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Customs and practices -- Juvenile literature.; Jews -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Social life and customs.; Prague (Czech Republic) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.; Prague (Czech Republic) -- Social life and customs.
Description: Two children describe their life in a Jewish community in Prague in 1845, as Judaic objects from Czechoslovak State Collections are depicted. Readers are encouraged to make a time capsule of similar objects of their own time for future generations.
Notes: Published in conjunction with The Precious Legacy--Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections, an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.