Thank you for sharing, Robbin. I was happy to read Scholastic's response. My school is scheduled to have a Scholastic Book Fair next week and I was concerned about how parents would react because I saw the article posted on Facebook this morning.
I will pulling the offending book if it arrives as part of the shipment. Its worth noting that Scholastic has always been accommodating at sending books of Jewish interest to the school for our book fairs. Aimee Lurie, Chair Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee The Association of Jewish Libraries The Agnon School 26500 Shaker Blvd. Beachwood, OH 44122 (216)832-1314 [email protected] On Nov 13, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Robbin Katzin wrote: > News about Scholastic's publication of a book in a popular children's series > which omits Israel from the map of the Middle East: > > http://www.timesofisrael.com/biggest-childrens-book-publisher-erases-israel-from-map/ > > From Scholastic's website: > Response on Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt > http://oom.ccaajj.net/post/response-thea-stilton-and-blue-scarab-hunt > __ > 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: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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