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A review by rainbowbookworm
Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope by Mara Rockliff
5.0
As a kid, I was always fascinated with the idea of Esperanto and how it could unite the world. As an adult, that fascination was rekindled when I read [b:In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language|3730120|In the Land of Invented Languages Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language|Arika Okrent|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320533029l/3730120._SY75_.jpg|3773893] by [a:Arika Okrent|1587890|Arika Okrent|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1548886569p2/1587890.jpg]. However, I had never thought about learning more about the man behind the language.
This picture book introduces readers of all ages to the life of Leyzer Zamenhof, the man who became known as Doctor Esperanto. We learn of his youth in Poland, about how he came up with and toiled to create a first version of Esperanto which was destroyed by his father, and how he decided to make up a second, much simpler language. That second language is what we now know as Esperanto, a made up language spoken by millions of people around the globe.
This picture book introduces readers of all ages to the life of Leyzer Zamenhof, the man who became known as Doctor Esperanto. We learn of his youth in Poland, about how he came up with and toiled to create a first version of Esperanto which was destroyed by his father, and how he decided to make up a second, much simpler language. That second language is what we now know as Esperanto, a made up language spoken by millions of people around the globe.