Yiddish with Dick and Jane

Jane is in real estate. . Today is Saturday. . Jane has an open house. . She must schlep the Open House signs to the car. . See Jane schlep. . Schlep, Jane. Schlep. . Schlep, schlep, schlep. . 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. How? By speaking Yiddish, employing terms that convey an attitude -- part plucky self-assertion, part ironic fatalism. When Dick schmoozes, when Jane kvetches, when their children fress noodles at a Chinese restaurant, the clash of cultures produces genuine hilarity.