Dear AJL Community, I am reaching out to this community as it has helped me in the past. I'm hopeful you can assist me now, as well.
I am a doctoral student interested in writing my dissertation on the appropriateness of Holocaust literature for children. In essence, I am seeking to evaluate picture books, though chapter books are possible. I want to identify what is considered "good" literature for children regarding the Holocaust. I'm mostly trying to identify which books should be used in the first place. My secondary concern would be at what age level to use which books. Below are the questions I am seeking to answer. (1) Is there a list of "recommended Holocaust literature" that AJL has put out? Is it possible to receive one? (2) How does AJL decide which Holocaust literature to recommend and which literature to reject? Is there consensus in your organization about Holocaust literature for children or does each library professional make his/her own determination? (3) Is there an instrument or a rubric for evaluating Holocaust literature that you could share with me as I begin my own research? (4) What other organizations that deal with children's literature might be helpful to me in answering this question? Thank you for your help as I begin this process. Please feel free to email me at ewi...@yu.edu or at this email address. Sincerely, Emily Amie Witty Doctoral Candidate, Azrieli Graduate School, Yeshiva University Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry --- 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...@osu.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
