I believe that Benjamin of Tudela was a real person.
At least the people of the town of Tudela which I have visited rather
often think he was. It was the first book published by Riopiedras Ediciones
(Barcelona). Even figures in one of the UAHC filmstrips. one. It
reads like a Michelin Tour
As a person who has done rather extensive work on Benjamin of Tudela, I
was thoroughly delighted with the Shulevitz version. I think it is
appropriate to many different ages ad might well inspire an older
student to go to the primary source; his diary which is available in a
Hebrew/ English
since the story is told from the imaginary first person, in
Benjamin's voice...
I believe that Benjamin of Tudela was a real person. I don't have a
copy of his diary to know how much Uri Shulevitz fictionalized it to
make it more accessible to children.
(See, for example,
On the specific book and more generally, I think a word is in order.
As a former member of the Sydney Taylor committee, and a long-time
reader of children's books, I think we have come a long way. I recall
as a child reading biographies that contained clearly fictional
elements -- in
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Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Hasafran] Benjamin of Tudela
Dear Liz,
Gail forwarded your message to me.
I assume that you are asking aboutthe handling of the juvenile book title,
The travels of Benjamin of Tudela : through three continents in the twelfth
century
Dear Hasafran friends-
I have purchased the award winning The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela
for our library, and I have some questions for those of you who have
already cataloged it for your libraries. First, did you put it with
picture books or in the young adults collection? Second, since
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