TY  - BOOK
AU  - Michelson,Richard
AU  - Gudeon,Karla
TI  - The language of angels: a story about the reinvention of Hebrew 
SN  - 9781580896368
AV  - JUV PJ 4534 .B4 M53 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Watertown, MA
PB  - Charlesbridge
KW  - Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer,
KW  - Hebrew language
KW  - Revival
KW  - Juvenile literature
N2  - Once there was a child without a friend. Ben-Zion's father insisted that his son speak only Hebrew, considered by some as the language of angels. But in the 1880s, the Jewish people who lived in Jerusalem spoke Yiddish or the languages of the places where they grew up. Hebrew hadn't been in everyday use for more than two thousand years, and adults said it could never be revived; "This is the story of how one man and his son brought Hebrew back into common use. It's a story about how language changes and grows. And it's a story about how one person can make a difference"--Jacket
ER  -