{"product_id":"klezmer-a-childrens-book-by-kyra-teis","title":"Klezmer! A Children's book By Kyra Teis","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eWhen Eastern European Jewish immigrants bring their klezmer music with them to America, it takes on a rockin' new vibe, adding elements of Jazz borrowed from its new country. In the beautifully illustrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eKlezmer!,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e a child makes an exciting music-filled visit to her grandparents' apartment in New York City, learning all about the evolution of this toe-tapping music genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\"A young Jewish child finds connections to past and present in the sounds of klezmer during a visit to grandparents on the Lower East Side of New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eAt Bubbe and Zayde's, there are family and friends with whom to share good food, memories of long ago, and a bit of history. Text and illustrations are completely interwoven as the exuberant child leads readers through the visit while focusing on the music itself. The tale is told in joyful bursts of expressive verse set in very large, bold print amid collages of old photos, lines of music notation, and bright, exuberant illustrations filled with movement and whimsy. The grandparents are seen both as hosts and participants in the music. There are also other, racially diverse musicians playing the clarinet, accordion, and violin―the instruments that make up a traditional klezmer band―with a bass added in, to bring it into the 1970s, when klezmer had a rebirth. Much of the language reflects the musical jargon of that era, as in 'rock out,' and 'strive to jive with new riffs.' The protagonist describes the musical sounds while listening, dancing, and twining around the instruments and their players, taking some turns on the clarinet. The music leaps across the pages, evoking old and new in a kind of jazz that is married to its Eastern European Jewish roots. 'L'Chaim! To life!' Klezmer represents it all. A QR code on the back jacket leads readers to a delightful klezmer video.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eA delightful, deliriously happy introduction to an unusual and too-little-known musical form.\" ― \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eKirkus Reviews, STARRED\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: font-style: normal background-color: rgb\u003eKyra Teis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: font-style: normal background-color: rgb\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eis a children's book author-illustrator, a graphic novelist, and an avid sewer of costumes. When she's not making art, you can find her cheering wildly with her husband at their two daughters' soccer games and musical theater productions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":42254284849317,"sku":"hard","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":42254284882085,"sku":"soft","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-1541598010.jpg?v=1725093806","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/klezmer-a-childrens-book-by-kyra-teis","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}