I received the following message from Cheryl Banks, & I am sending my reply to the list because she might not be the only one who wondered about my choices.
So, Rita, what WERE the books you kept? We are ALWAYS looking for good Israel books for children. Perhaps you could put them on HaSafran? I hesitate to list the books that we decided to keep, or even those that we chose to return because our reasons and standards might not be the same for everybody. Ours is a Reform Temple with a weekly Religious School; a Day School or an Orthodox Synagogue might have different standards & I certainly would not want to recommend our decisions to everybody. Decisions made by me, the Rabbi, and our Educational Director. Just about every publisher has a series about the countries of the world, scaled for different age groups. I used the Follett catalog to select these books, & only purchased those that were published within the previous 2 years. Having verified in advance that they could be returned, we then previewed and made our selections. I have to add that I don't always agree with Follett's determination of age suitability, but as an elementary school librarian, I was familiar with the series used. Rita Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
