Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

Erika, I saw the article. It reports on books for adults, I think that recent Israeli children books are universal and charming, but, I really have not read many. I hope to hear Chavah Punchuk opinion. Amalia Sent from my iPad > On Apr 17, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Erika Dreifus

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

I'm so glad that so many people have appreciated Katherine Locke's essay! Regarding a follow-up comment (I think it was from Amelia?) about literature in translation--I trust that many list members have already seen this recent Haaretz piece? (According to the article, the picture isn't

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

Yes, that was it—Two Truths in My Pocket! Thank you! Dina. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2018, at 2:34 PM, Lois Ruby wrote: > > Could the book Dina's talking about be mine? TWO TRUTHS IN MY POCKET came out > about 35 years ago, edited by the incomparable Deborah

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

As chair of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript AwardCompetition(STMA), I'd like to echo the positive response to Katherine Locke's remarks. One of the criteria we look for in manuscripts that the committee reviews is originality. For too long the "holy trinity" of Holidays, Heroes, and Holocaust

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

Debra, Thank you!! Your message is a very important one. We did invite some of the editors of PJ Library at our conference in Charleston SC to find out exactly what their criteria were and to ask for better quality books – not the ones that cater to the lowest common denominator. I hope they

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

At the risk of sounding self-promoting, I'm wading into this discussion. For context, I'm the publisher of "Almost a Minyan," the coming-of-age story of a young Jewish girl who takes her grandfather's place in their small town's minyan after his death. I would like to see some discussion

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

Could the book Dina's talking about be mine? TWO TRUTHS IN MY POCKET came out about 35 years ago, edited by the incomparable Deborah Brodie, who is no longer with us. > On April 17, 2018 at 7:50 AM Dina Tanners wrote: > > Erika, > Thanks so much for bringing this

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

Thank you so much for sharing this important and insightful perspective, Erika. Note that the book Locke criticizes, The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die, was reviewed by Barbara Krasner in the February/March issue of AJL Reviews. See below. Also, the new teen book that Locke recommends, You’ll Miss Me When

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

What a passionate talk from Katherine Locke. Thank you, Erika, for passing it along. I am remembering a non-too-distant AJL session with Jewish publishers where many librarians requested more books which portrayed Jewish protagonists without being solely holiday-centric. Yes, as Katherine says,

Re: [ha-Safran] speech on Jewish kidlit by Sydney Taylor honoree

Erika, Thanks so much for bringing this very important speech/article by Kathrine Locke to our attention. I almost skipped over it until I read Amalia's email in which she said that ithis article was important for all of us to read. There is a strong need for many diverse books for Jewish teens