Our school library has just received a donation of a book called "A time for toys" by Margaret Wild - It has been more recently been published under the title "Let the Celebration begin". Though the front covers are different, the rest of the book is the same. In view of lots of discussion about who should write Holocaust books, the softening of the horrors of the camps, and where the focusof such stories sit, I am curious to know how people feel about this book. The illustrations (and narrative honestly) make me feel uncomfortable though I cannot explain why, and the more recent edition has a rationale and background in the back by the author and illustrator. They talk about the sensitivity of the illustrations and storyline, but I am somewhat uncomfortable with the whole book. I would appreciate others' thoughts and insights, and whether you have put it in your library. Thank you Karen Hering, MLIS retired academic librarian volunteer for a Jewish dayschool, synagogue and archival libraries
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