[ha-Safran] Poet needed
Etta Gold asked about bringing a poet to her school. If you collect some suitable poems, you can have the students read them aloud or do so yourself. *The Hunting of the Snark* by Lewis Carroll has a tragic hero (the Baker) who is Jewish. You can see *The Annotated Snark* by Martin Gardner at http://www.scribd.com/doc/110512434/The-Annotated-Hunting-of-the-Snark This poem is divided into 8 fits. A different student could read each fit. From Fit the Fourth: I said it in Hebrew--I said it in Dutch-- I said it in German and Greek: But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much) That English is what you speak! I sometimes write limericks. They are OK for librarians, but too risque for young students. For example, *Aphrodite as an Anthropomorphic Map *is a 6-verse limerick with side-notes that describe the Phoenician body-part map of Aphrodite in North Africa. Its toponyms sound Hebraic because Phoenician was also a Western Semitic language with a lexicon that was very similar to Hebrew. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/Body_Part_Maps/Aphrodite_Map_pics.doc Pesach begins Friday eve April 3 this year. Hebrew lyrics from the Haggadah may be appropriate. The *Dry Bones Haggadah* illustrated by cartoonist Ya'akov Kirschen is especially suitable for kids. Every Jewish library with an English-speaking clientele should have a copy. I'll post a separate notice about it. If you order the hard copy now it should arrive in time for Pesach. The eBook will arrive very quickly. You can access the lyrics for *Adir Hu* and *Had Gadya* (2 files) in the public folder of my Dropbox. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/DryBones/AdirHu.png https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/DryBones/HadGadya1.png https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/DryBones/HadGadya2.png Israel Cohen Petah Tikva cohen.i...@gmail.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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
[ha-Safran] Poet needed
Greetings, Safaranim ~ Does anyone know of any poets that are especially popular with young kids and might consider visiting our Beth Am Day School? The Day School has begun a marvelous new program of a School-wide Enrichment Day. Since April is Poetry Month, the organizer of this event would like to bring in a poet - preferably someone who's got a good sense of humor. This program will take place the end of April and there is a limited budget for covering the expense. So, if you know of someone who will bring the gift of poetry to help our students celebrate, if you have had the experience of bringing a poet to your school, please let us know. Thank you so much, Etta and Danielle Danielle Winter Library/Media Specialist The Janet zl and Richard Yulman Campus 5950 N. Kendall Drive, Pinecrest, Florida 33156 Direct 786.364.9426 Main 305.665.6228 ext. 130 Fax 305.668.6340 and Etta Gold Congregational Librarian The Janet zl and Richard Yulman Campus 5950 N. Kendall Drive, Pinecrest, Florida 33156 Direct 786.264.6543 Main 305.667.6667 or 305.665.6228 ext. 128 Fax 305.662.8619 [cid:image002.png@01D0447B.8D14A130]http://www.tbam.org/ [cid:image003.jpg@01D04479.DF04A6E0] http://jewishmiami.org/cjl/home/ [cid:image005.png@01D0447B.8D14A130] http://www.tbam.org/dayschool [cid:image007.png@01D0447B.8D14A130]https://www.facebook.com/BethAmMiami [cid:image009.png@01D0447B.8D14A130] https://www.youtube.com/user/TempleBethAmTV/videos?sort=ddshelf_id=1view=0 [cid:image011.png@01D0447B.8D14A130] https://www.flickr.com/photos/templebetham/collections/ __ 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: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu 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: galro...@osu.edu 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 Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
