Hi Katalin, All of our Holocaust picture books, fiction and non-fiction, are shelved together in the J section (not in our picture book collection). Middle grade Holocaust fiction/chapter books are shelved by author in the J Fiction section but they have a special Holocaust sticker on their spine so that they can be easily identified (these are the ones we use: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.demco.com/https:/*www.demco.com/subject-classification-labels-holocaust-500-roll__;Lw!!KGKeukY!mbZ7aemuP63I4QOrsq7vxYlhdeSMjjoerNzhQFMloQwlzN32iryr0ylb9I43Ft0_SOw$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.demco.com/https:/www.demco.com/subject-classification-labels-holocaust-500-roll__;!!KGKeukY!mbZ7aemuP63I4QOrsq7vxYlhdeSMjjoerNzhQFMloQwlzN32iryr0ylb9I43DUw1wB4$ >).
While I always try to steer students to age appropriate material, if a religious school student picks out a Holocaust book to check out and I’m concerned that they may not be ready for it, I send an e-mail to the parents. Something along the lines of: “Evan picked out the book X from the Library today and I wanted to give you a heads up. Here’s the publisher’s description and it’s recommended for ages XXX so you may want to take a look at it first or read it together. You are welcome to come to the library with him next week to select something different, if you prefer.” Reactions to my e-mail have ranged from “thank you for letting me know, we will return it and choose something else” to “that’s totally fine, he’s already read a ton of books about the Holocaust.” The response has always been appreciative; never negative. Good luck! Rachel Kamin Director of Lifelong Learning North Suburban Synagogue Beth El 847/926-7902 or rka...@nssbethel.org<blocked::mailto:rka...@nssbethel.org> CURRENTLY READING: Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum (to be published 4/5/22) CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan From: Hasafran <hasafran-bounces+rkamin=nssbethel....@lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Katalin Baltimore via Hasafran Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 1:01 PM To: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Holocaust books for children and grade school Hi, In my library, we have been toying with the idea of separating out books having to do with the Holocaust for young and grade school children to their own location. We worry about parents getting upset if a child picks out a book, without proper preparation for the topic. I would appreciate some feedback about the subject. Thanks. Katalin R.Baltimore JCC Library of Greater New Haven Woodbridge, CT 06525
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