Robert Hunt

Series

Physical Desc

85 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

Rebecca Rubin worries that her tenth birthday will be ruined because it falls during Passover, but her mother's cousin Max, an actor, takes her with him to a movie studio, where she makes friends with an actress and a set carpenter.

2) Meet Rebecca: an American girl

Author

Series

Physical Desc

85 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

In 1914 New York City, nine-year-old Rebecca is determined to show her family that she is old enough to light the Shabbos candles and go to the movies.

3) Candlelight for Rebecca

Author

Series

Physical Desc

85 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.

4) Rebecca and Ana

Author

Series

Physical Desc

85 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.

5) Rebecca to the rescue

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Series

Physical Desc

77 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

While celebrating her brother's Bar Mitzvah on Coney Island, nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin disobeys by going off on her own, leaving her cousin Ana, a recent immigrant, alone.

6) Changes for Rebecca

Author

Series

Physical Desc

78 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description