Rifka Takes a Bow (Paperback), By: Betty Rosenberg Perlov, illustrated by Cosei Kawa. Rifka’s parents are actors in the Yiddish Theater in New York, but one day Rifka finds herself center stage in a special role! A slice of immigrant life on New York’s Second Avenue, this is a unique book about a vanished time and a place – the Yiddish theater in the early 20th century -- made real through the telling of the true life story of the 96-year-old author as a little girl. Ages 5-9, Grades K-3, 32 pages, Size: 9 1/4" x 11"
