TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rockliff,Mara
AU  - Dzierżawska,Zosia
TI  - Doctor Esperanto and the language of hope
SN  - 9780763689155
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Somerville, Massachusetts
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Zamenhof, L. L.
KW  - Esperanto
KW  - History
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Picture books
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Illustrated works
KW  - Biographies
N2  - "Life was harsh in the town of Bialystok, particularly for a Jewish boy like Leyzer Zamenhof. But Leyzer thought he knew the reason for the anger and distrust. With every group speaking a different language, how could people understand each other? Without understanding, how could there be peace? Zamenhof had an idea: a "universal" second language everyone could speak. But a language that would be easy to learn was not easy to invent, especially when even his own father stood between him and his dream. Yet when at last in 1887 "Doctor Esperanto" sent his words into the world, a boy's idea became a community that spread across the globe."--Book jacket
ER  -