By Barbara Davilman

On Sale: Sep 13, 2004
Page Count: 112 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13: 9780316159722

$20.00

$26.00 CAD

Format

Hardcover

Format:

Hardcover $20.00 $26.00 CAD

Buy from Other Retailers:

Jane is in real estate.

Today is Saturday.

Jane has an open house.

She must schlep the Open House signs to the car.

See Jane schlep.

Schlep, Jane. Schlep.

Schlep, schlep, schlep.

In text that captures the unque 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 speaking 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.

Genre:

Ellis Weiner is the only person, dead or alive, who has published in the National Lampoon (where he was an editor), Spy (where he wrote a column), and The New Yorker (where he still appears). He is co-author, with Barbara Davilman, of Yiddish With Dick and Jane, Yiddish With George and Laura, How to Raise a Jewish Dog, The Big Jewish Book for Jews, and other titles. He is founder and editor-in-chief of the Sherman Oaks Review of Books, a "channel" of the Los Angeles Review of Books, which debuted in 2016.

By clicking ‘Sign Up,’ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Ellis Weiner

About the Author

Ellis Weiner is the only person, dead or alive, who has published in the National Lampoon (where he was an editor), Spy (where he wrote a column), and The New Yorker (where he still appears). He is co-author, with Barbara Davilman, of Yiddish With Dick and Jane, Yiddish With George and Laura, How to Raise a Jewish Dog, The Big Jewish Book for Jews, and other titles. He is founder and editor-in-chief of the Sherman Oaks Review of Books, a “channel” of the Los Angeles Review of Books, which debuted in 2016.

Steve Radlauer is the author or co-author of six books. He was a contributing editor at Spy magazine and has contributed to Esquire, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and others. He has worked in television as a writer and producer and has written and produced films that have appeared in venues as diverse as Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street, and the New York Film Festival.

Randy Jones is an illustrator whose work has appeared in the National Lampoon, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, US News & World Report, and many other publications.

Learn more about this author

Barbara Davilman

About the Author

Learn more about this author

×

Contributors

Formats and Prices

Price

Price

Format

Format:

Buy from Other Retailers:

Description

Genre:

You May Also Like

Newsletter Signup

Ellis Weiner

About the Author

Barbara Davilman

About the Author