Nathan's Song

Leda Schubert

feb 2021 · Distribuido por Penguin

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The Jewish immigrant experience in the early 1900s is touchingly and joyfully portrayed in this picture book based on the author's own grandfather.

Growing up in a shtetl in Russia, Nathan is always singing, and when he hears a famous opera soloist perform in a nearby town one day, he realizes that music could be his future. But he'll need to travel far from his loved ones and poor village in order to pursue that cherished goal. With his family's support he eventually journeys all the way to New York City, where hard work and much excitement await him. His dream is coming true, but how can he be fully happy when his family is all the way across the ocean?

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Leda Schubert received a bachelor's degrees from Brandeis, a master's degree from Harvard's School of Education, and an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College, where she is now on the faculty. She has worked as a teacher, librarian, and library consultant, has served on the Caldecott, Arbuthnot, and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award committees, and has written many books for children. She lives in Vermont with her husband and their dogs.

Maya Ish-Shalom is from Tel Aviv, Israel. She graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, and has created illustrations for newspapers and magazines, book covers, and packaging. Nathan's Song is her first picture book.