• All-of-a-Kind Family

  • By: Sydney Taylor
  • Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
  • Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (453 ratings)

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All-of-a-Kind Family

By: Sydney Taylor
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
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Publisher's summary

It's the turn of the 20th century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement abounds for five young sisters - Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie. Follow along as they search for hidden buttons while dusting Mama's front parlor, or explore the basement warehouse of Papa's peddler's shop on rainy days. The five girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises. But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!
©1951 by Follett Publishing Company; 1979 by Ralph Taylor (P)2000 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Memorable." (The New York Times)
"Heartwarming bit of Americana. Delightful." (Library Journal)
"Warmly related from the author's own childhood memories." (Chicago Tribune)

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Wonderful story about family life.

Incredible simple story that keeps the attention of young children and older children also. Excellent for car rides.

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what a great, sweet book. glad i found this!

what a gem. a bit of unexpected history of jewish life in the big city, to boot! my 11yr old enjoyed it so much she has already listed to 2 of the sequels!

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Great family audiobook

I've been an All-of-a-Kind Family fan for years, but this was my first time introducing my 4-year-old to Ella and her sisters. He loved it so much that he's requested to sit in the car to listen to more of "our story" even after arriving home at the end of the day.

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Kids 9 and 6 can't get enough All of a Kind Family

As a mom, I appreciate that the books encourage responsibility, family, relationships, etc and teach about a religion we don't know enough about and a part of history that's often skipped in school (urban turn of the century). I like that the characters are "real" people who mess up and are loved through it all.

My kids love that they are just plain good books, well written, interesting, fun. Every chapter is a stand alone story though the characters develop over time so it's good for a bedtime story because there aren't cliffhangers.

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Have loved this book since I was little

The only thing that I disliked was the music in between chapters. Sometimes it ruined the mood set by the author. Otherwise, this is a very fun, family oriented book.

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It is a great 😍😘🙃🙂😇😇😂😍😍😘😘😃😀😄😅😇😉☺️🙂😊😍😍😘😙😃😂😂😂😇😆😆😅😅😍😘😘😍😍😃😃😃😂😂😂😇😇☺️☺️😋 love

Ssssssssssssssssooooooooooooooo good I love it 11 it was so great they are so lucky love

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A good family read

I fun story about a group of sisters and all the adventures that they have. The narrator Suzanne Toren is a bit hard to understand but you get use to her after a while. Like I said a good story to read or listen to with the fam.

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Good story

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes

Would you be willing to try another book from Sydney Taylor? Why or why not?

Maybe

Did Suzanne Toren do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

Yes

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No, it was a little dry for my boys.

Any additional comments?

Narrator was very very slow. We listened to this at 1.5x speed because the kids were antsy.

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This story is great!

The story line is great. The voice is not bad. My kids can’t wait to listen to this again!

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Cute little story ❤️

it a very nice story but I have to admit that I envy the 5 sisters I love baby’s an d I am the youngest of 5 and I have always wanted a baby sister but I will never get one 😕

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