Oy vey--this is a primer like no other.
When Dick schmoozes, when Jane kvetches, when their children fress noodles at a Chinese restaurant, the clash of cultures produces genuine hilarity..
How? By speaking Yiddish, employing terms that convey an attitude -- part plucky self-assertion, part ironic fatalism.
In text that captures the unque rhythms of the original Dick and Jane 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.
Schlep, schlep, schlep.
Schlep.
Schlep, Jane.
See Jane schlep.
She must schlep the Open House signs to the car.
Jane has an open house.
Today is Saturday.
Jane is in real estate. 35 full-color drawings.
In an inspired parodic twist, the two least Jewish characters in American literature spout some of the edgy, ironic Yiddishisms that have become part of the American vernacular.
Oy vey--this is a primer like no other
