All-of-a-Kind Family [Paperback]

Meet the All-of-a-Kind  Family -- Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie -- who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century.

Together they share adventures that find them searching for hidden buttons while dusting Mama's front parlor and visiting with the peddlers in Papa's shop on rainy days. The girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises.

But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!Sydney Taylor(1904–1978) was an American author of children’s literature. She is best known for the five-part All-of-a-Kind series, which is based on her own large family and includes All-of-a-Kind Family, More All-of-a-Kind Family, All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown, All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown, and Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family. After her death, her husband established the Sydney Taylor Book Award in her honor.The Library Lady
 
THAT SLOWPOKE SARAH! Henny cried. She's making us late!

Mama's girls were going to the library, and Henny was impatient.

If it was Charlotte, I could understand, said Ella, who was the eldest and very serious. I'd know Charlotte was off dreaming in some corner. But what can be keeping Sarah?

All the best books will be gone, complained Henny.

Maybe she forgot it's Friday.

No! interrupted Charlotte. Not Sarah!

No, not Sarah, nor any of the girls could forget that Friday was library day.
 
Almost no East Side child owned a book when Mama's children were little girls. That was an unheard-of luxury. It was heavenly enough to be able to borrow books from the public library and that was where the children always went on Friday afternoons. Right after school, they rushed off happily to get fresh reading material for the week end. Even Gertie who was not yet old enough to belong took the welƒ1