Yiddish with Dick and Jane
By: Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman ; illustrations by Gabi Payn.
Contributors: Davilman, Barbara.; Payn, Gabi, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The new basic parody
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Elson, William H. 1856-1935 -- Parodies, imitations, etc; Gray, William S. 1885-1960 -- Parodies, imitations, etc; Readers (Primary) -- Humor; Yiddish language -- Humor
Genres: Parodies, imitations, etc.; Humor.
Description: In text that captures the unique rhythms of the original Dick and Jane readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane--hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have used when learning to read--manage to express shades of feeling and nuances of meaning that ordinary English just can't deliver. How? By using Yiddish, employing terms that convey an attitude--part plucky self-assertion, part ironic fatalism. When Dick schmoozes, when Jane kvetches, when their children fress noodles at a Chinese restaurant, the clash of cultures produces genuine hilarity.--From publisher description.