Write On IRVING BERLIN Written by LESLIE KIMMELMAN Illustrated by DAVID C GARDNER
On a clear cool day in September 1893 the SS Rhynland sails into New York Harbor past the brand-new Statue of Liberty a gift of friendship from France several years earlier The decks are crowded with people coming from many countries to live in America Most of them are poor Most have traveled a long long way across an enormous ocean hoping that life in America will be safer better happier
Look Over there is the Baline family Moses and Lena and their six children Right in front that one’s Israel He’s just five years old Soon Israel will go by the nickname Izzy and someday he and his marvelous music will be famous all over the world Right now though he’s just a tired hungry little boy waiting to start a new life in a new country
