Five children, from five different cultures and in five different decades, grow up in the same building on the Lower East Side of New York City. Text and illustrations by Ellen Weinstein.

A house addresses how it functions from the inside. What levels of communication are there between its residents, there is vertical orientation beyond the blocks of flats, up or down, as well as living next to each other on one floor. This exciting picture book tells the story of what neighborhood relationships emerge and develop further, with wonderful illustrations.

Jenny Epstein and her family arrive on a steamship from Russia in the 1910s. Jenny writes letters in Yiddish to her grandmother, while practicing her English in her new neighborhood. By the 1930s, when Anna Cozzi and her Italian family move into the building, Jenny has become a teacher in Anna’s school. Then José Marte moves in during the 1960s, Maria Torres in the 1980s, and Wei Yei in the Lower East Side of today.

Perfect for early elementary students, this cross section of American history celebrates themany diverse cultures that make up our nation—from the food we eat, to the ways we worship,and the families we love.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Subjects: American History, Architecture & Design, Arts & Entertainment, Authors, Books, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Diversity, Education - Elementary, Ethnic Interests, Family & Parenting, Features, Human Interest, Immigrants, Migration, New York City.

Five Stories

by Ellen Weinstein

Holiday House, New York

1st edition, 2024
Language: English
Hardcover, 48 pages

Reading age: ‎ 4 – 8 years
Format ‎ 21.89 x 28,58 x 1 cm
ISBN 978-0823451678

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