We had a few interesting interfaith titles submitted to the Sydney Taylor committee last year. I really like the chapter book Sam I Am by Ilene Cooper. I thought it did an excellent job of exploring issues of religion and identity and was an entertaining read too. A book with a controversial title but with its heart in the right place was Kaddish for Grandpa in Jesus' Name, Amen by James Howe. In this rather bibliotherapeutic story, a Jewish child whose father is a Jew-by-choice mourns for her non-Jewish grandfather and attends his Christian funeral.
A few less recent titles would be My Two Grandmothers by Effin Older, and Light the Lights by Margaret Moorman (about celebrating both Hanukkah and Christmas). Heidi Estrin Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Chair 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
