Take the kids on a trip to the literary Lower East Side! Follow in the footsteps of Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie, the beloved sisters depicted in Sydney Taylor’s children’s classic All-of-a-Kind Family. Stroll through the story and into the streets to learn about the real-life people and Lower East Side places that inspired Taylor to write All-of-a-Kind Family. 

Highlights:

• Visit the Main Sanctuary of the Eldridge Street Synagogue, a house of worship where the All-of-a-Kind characters may have attended
• See the Allen Street tenements and discuss how the sisters lived
• Visit Hester and Orchard Streets, where the characters shopped from pushcarts and peddlers
• Walk through Seward Park and see where the girls used to play
• Pass by Seward Park Library where the sisters borrowed their books
• Stop by The Pickle Guys and sample one of the sisters’ favorite foods

Register online in advance.