Two days after the Yiddish edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, translated by Arun Viswanath, became available for pre-order, the book sold out its first print run of 1,000 copies. A second edition is in the works. Copies were ordered in the United States, Israel, Poland, Sweden, Morocco, Australia and China.

Few — if any — new Yiddish books published outside of the Hasidic world sell 1,000 copies in a year. Most are released in modest editions of several dozen to maybe several hundred.

Read other children’s books translated into Yiddish, free at the Yiddish Book Center’s online library, include The Prince and the Pauper, Gulliver’s Travels, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Oliver Twist, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. New translations for sale include The Little Prince, Curious George, Winnie-the-Pooh, and several works by Dr. Seuss.