Year | # | Title | Author | Illustrator | Pages |
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1979 | 1 | All-of-a-Kind Family | Sydney Taylor | Helen John | 192 |
2014 | 2 | More All-of-a-Kind Family | Sydney Taylor | 166 | |
2014 | 3 | All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown | Sydney Taylor | 151 | |
2014 | 4 | All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown | Sydney Taylor | 200 | |
2014 | 5 | Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family | Sydney Taylor | 163 | |
2018 | All-of-a-Kind Family Hannukah | Emily Jenkins | Paul O. Zelinsky | 40 |
Sydney Taylor (1904-1978) was an American author of children’s literature. She is best known for the five-part All-of-a-Kind series, which is based on her own large family and includes All-of-a-Kind Family, More All-of-a-Kind Family, All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown, All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown, and Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family. After her death, her husband established the Sydney Taylor Book Award in her honor.
Emily Jenkins has written many highly acclaimed books for children, including Water in the Park, a Booklist Editors’ Choice and a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book; Lemonade in Winter, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and two Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Books: Five Creatures and That New Animal. She is also the author of the popular Toys trilogy: Toys Go Out, Toy Dance Party, and Toys Come Home. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.