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Overview
I Should Worry I Should Care is the first in a series of five novels for young readers that won critical acclaim and awards for Miriam Chaikin. All five books are about Molly and her family and friends in a Brooklyn neighborhood around the time of World War II. Molly and her friends play out their young girl interests against the background of those troubled times."There is lots of warmth and plenty of color in Chaikin's evocation of an early l940s Brooklyn neighborhood." (ALA Booklist)
Author Bio: Miriam Chaikin spent many years as an editor of books for young readers for major publishing houses. She is the author of some 25 books of Jewish interest—fiction, nonfiction and bible retellings. Her humorous verse has appeared in anthologies. Her chapbook of adult poetry is, No Moon...but Fireflies.
A young Jewish girl and her family adjust to a new neighborhood and new friends at a time when the radio is telling of Hitler's rise to power in Europe.
Synopsis
I Should Worry I Should Care is the first in a series of five novels for young readers that won critical acclaim and awards for Miriam Chaikin. All five books are about Molly and her family and friends in a Brooklyn neighborhood around the time of World War II. Molly and her friends play out their young girl interests against the background of those troubled times.
"There is lots of warmth and plenty of color in Chaikin's evocation of an early l940s Brooklyn neighborhood." (ALA Booklist)
Author Bio: Miriam Chaikin spent many years as an editor of books for young readers for major publishing houses. She is the author of some 25 books of Jewish interest—fiction, nonfiction and bible retellings. Her humorous verse has appeared in anthologies. Her chapbook of adult poetry is, No Moon...but Fireflies.