Rifka Takes a Bow, Rebecca Rosenberg Perlov
Rifka Takes a Bow, Rebecca Rosenberg Perlov
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Rifka Takes a Bow

Author: Rebecca Rosenberg Perlov

Narrator: Intuitive

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 01/01/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Rifka's parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York's Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place – the Yiddish theater in the early 20th century―made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on October 31, 2015

History is written by the winners, they say. I'm going to lump personal history into that too. As far as I can tell, if you live long enough to tell an interesting story about your past, that's winning. And anyone who lives a long time is going to have some kind of a story to tell. Time has the abil......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on June 07, 2013

I absolutely loved this book. Rifka Takes a Bow is beautiful, has a tender story and teachers us about an interesting part of our history that is not often covered without “trying” to teach history. It is simply a beautiful book. Betty Rosenberg Perlov introduces us to Rifka who is fascinated by her......more

Goodreads review by Shelli on September 07, 2016

What I loved most about this picture book was the information in the afterward, including the fact that it was written by 96 year old woman about her life growing up with Yiddish theater performers. You are never to old to accomplish more! The narrative is detailed and the illustrations are quirky f......more

Goodreads review by Theediscerning on February 21, 2022

Disclaimer – I didn't read this book, rather I witnessed it through the medium of read-along Youtube video, courtesy a month-long programme of such events devised by the publisher. Even though lockdowns are getting to be a thing of the past I cannot see a reason not to applaud such an initiative, ai......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 25, 2022

I love this book about the theatre! Wish there was a little more of a plot though. 😬......more