The language of angels : a story about the reinvention of Hebrew / Richard Michelson ; illustrated by Karla Gudeon.

Once there was a child without a friend. Ben-Zion's father insisted that his son speak only Hebrew, considered by some as the language of angels. But in the 1880s, the Jewish people who lived in Jerusalem spoke Yiddish or the languages of the places where they grew up. Hebrew hadn't been in everyday...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michelson, Richard (Author)
Other Authors: Gudeon, Karla (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2017]
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer, > 1858-1922 > Juvenile literature.
Hebrew language > Revival > Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children.
Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer, > 1858-1922.
Hebrew language > Revival.
Picture books.
Juvenile works.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Picture books.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Format: Book

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