Hi everyone, Author Julie Baer (I Only Like What I Like, Love Me Later both AJL Notable Books) sent me some info about a new book project she is working on, a sort of childrens Holocaust memorial. She wants to incorporate writing from real, live kids. Maybe you have students who youd like to involve in this project, or maybe you know other librarians or teachers who would want to do it. The students writing could ultimately end up in the published book! Below is the authors description of her project, and if youd like me to forward her attachments to you of the book dummy, book proposal, etc., please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or, if youd like to talk directly to author Julie Baer, you can email her at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Heidi Estrin Feldman Children's Library Congregation B'nai Israel 2200 Yamato Rd. Boca Raton, FL 33431 (561)241-8118 ext. 206 Fax (561)241-1701 [EMAIL PROTECTED] MESSAGE FROM AUTHOR JULIE BAER: My book-in-progress is Faces of Friends: Children of Today Meet Children of the Holocaust. This book introduces faces of children who died in the Holocaust, as seen through the eyes and hands of a contemporary painter and the eyes and minds of contemporary children. I have a book proposal expressing in words my intention and vision for the book, a mocked-up dummy (pdf) representing a visual sense, and a rough historical appendix (word doc) for context (for which I am seeking a professional historian to gather and organize accurate historical data; I present this rough version of the Appendix simply for a readers sense of context for the childrens writings). Everything is preliminary: the voices of children printed on the dummy are merely the earliest results of a classroom writing assignment that Ive developed; there will be more writings from which to choose. I want the final collection of writings to display a rich spectrum of responses - different ages and orientations, many reflecting the child-writer himself as much as his view of the Holocaust child. The design of the book is also in its earliest stages. N.B. The order of the spreads on the dummy pdf is not necessarily my choice; when I print out the dummy, I usually reorder the pages. In addition to a historian for the Historical Appendix (possibly from the Wiesenthal Center or the USHMM), my ideal would be for Facing History and Ourselves to contribute an Afterword addressing the educational application of this project. There will be a Foreword written by the author Howard Schwartz, addressing the context. An area in which you might help if you are interested: I need more quality writing for the book and so if you know teachers who might be interested in conducting the writing exercise in their classrooms, please feel free to forward this email with attachments. I have an informal writing exercise lesson plan, for this purpose. The faces from which the writings spring can be found at http://juliebaer.com/portfolio/souls/. Best, Julie Baer www.juliebaer.com Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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
