Paula, First let me tell you that I was delighted to see your name on Hasafran. Most of our YA books collect dust on the shelves. When I moved it to the adult section not even one copy stayed on the shelf. I can imagine how Toby felt when parents read it to their 3rd-4th grade "mature" children. Will they take them to the movie? I think that the intelligent kids under the age of 14 will get the aspect of friendship, but the rest will be lost. Amalia
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 16, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Paula Sandfelder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Friends, > > Now that the book “Book Thief” is a movie, I have a question for school > librarians. Do you think the book is appropriate for children? I asked this > question of the author when the book first came out. He responded that that > was not his intention, but that it was marketed that way in the USA by the > publisher and cataloged as such in the USA. Personally, I would not have > recommended the book for children or even young adults unless they knew a > great deal about the Shoah and were very mature. > > > Paula Sandfelder > > > > > > __ > 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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