[ha-Safran]: Make Way for the Ducklings Redux

2008-07-27 Thread ALBA TOSCANO
This has absolutely nothing to do with jewish books but the inspiration-redux for one of my favourites: Make Way for the Ducklings. All of us remember Robert McCloskey's children's books. He was (and still is) probably one of my favourite children's authors. I have all of his children's

[ha-Safran]: Chicago Tribune article

2008-07-27 Thread Andrea Rapp
Originally posted: July 23, 2008 Quiet in the library? Shhh! Should libraries stock video games — or ban them? Tell us why. When we learned libraries were installing video games to draw teens and young adults through their doors, our first thought was that it's like luring people to church

[ha-Safran]: CLCD

2008-07-27 Thread Anne Dublin
Who is responsible for helping us access the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database? I received a message from them that my subscription has expired. Help please! Anne Dublin Toronto Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily

[ha-Safran]: Old info

2008-07-27 Thread Nomy Levy
About a year ago someone on the list asked about the movie/DVD on Rembrandt and his relationship Jewish child. I received a copy of the DVD! it's called Rembrandt:Fathers and Sons (ISBN 1-894449-58-7 ( Divine Entertainment 1-877-338-4633) it is part of a series The Artists' Specials presented

Re: [ha-Safran]: JNUL becomes National Library of Israel - II

2008-07-27 Thread Susan Dubin
Congratulations to you and the Library. May you go from strength to strength. Susan Dubin AJL President Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

[ha-Safran]: Recommendations for Intergenerational Book Club

2008-07-27 Thread Lustgarten, Irene
A synagogue in our area wants to organize a book club for teens, parents and interested congregants. I would be appreciative of any recommendations of books that might be suitable. Also, please contact me if you have a similar model in your community. Thank you. Irene Irene Lustgarten

Re: [ha-Safran]: Habibi/Checkpoints

2008-07-27 Thread Andrea Rapp
I will await the review of this new book, Checkpoints, in our AJL journal. (Also, what we need is a novel on this topic for middle grades, say 5 and 6, age 10 or so). Andrea I Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by

[ha-Safran]: Checkpoints

2008-07-27 Thread Linda Silver
The book entitled Checkpoints, written by Marilyn Levy and published by JPS, will be reviewed in the Sept/Oct 2008 issue of the AJl Newsletter. Linda R. Silver The Jewish Values Finder AJL Newsletter Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not