{"product_id":"0316159727-yiddish_with_dick_and_jane","title":"Yiddish with Dick and Jane","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003eJane is in real estate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"null1\"\u003eToday is Saturday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"null1\"\u003eJane has an open house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe must\u003c\/b\u003e schlep \u003cb\u003ethe Open House signs to the car.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSee Jane\u003c\/b\u003e schlep\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchlep\u003cb\u003e, Jane.\u003c\/b\u003e Schlep\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchlep, schlep, schlep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn text that captures the unque rhythms of the original \u003cb\u003eDick and Jane\u003c\/b\u003e readers, and in 35 all-new illustrations, a story unfolds in which Dick and Jane—hero and heroine of the classic books for children that generations of Americans have used when learning to read—manage to express shades of feeling and nuances of meaning that ordinary English just can't deliver. How? By speaking Yiddish, employing terms that convey an \u003cb\u003eattitude\u003c\/b\u003e—part plucky self-assertion, part ironic fatalism. When Dick \u003cb\u003eschmoozes\u003c\/b\u003e, when Jane \u003cb\u003ekvetches\u003c\/b\u003e, when their children \u003cb\u003efress\u003c\/b\u003e noodles at a Chinese restaurant, the clash of cultures produces genuine hilarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHumor \u0026amp; Satire\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eSatire\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Little, Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":47896441061566,"sku":"0316159727-3","price":13.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71oTflpXo5L.jpg?v=1782757992","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0316159727-yiddish_with_dick_and_jane","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}