Re: [ha-Safran]: Fagin the Jew... and reviews

2004-04-05 Thread Andrea Rapp
and discovered that Fagin the Jew received positive reviews in Library Journal, Booklist, and School Library Journal, === I do not trust the judgment even of reviewers in the above journals. Example: the current Booklist (3/15/04, p. 1259)) raves about an adult book called: Growing Up

Re: [ha-Safran]: Fagin the Jew

2004-04-02 Thread Mark Stover
I did a quick search in Ebsco Academic Search Elite and discovered that Fagin the Jew received positive reviews in Library Journal, Booklist, and School Library Journal, and it received a mixed review in Publishers Weekly. Mark Stover Mark Stover, M.L.S., Ph.D. Religious Studies Librarian

[ha-Safran]: Fagin the Jew

2004-03-31 Thread Linda Silver
Fagin the Jew was reviewed for Jewish Book World and not recommended by the reviewer. Linda R. Silver Children's Book Review Editor Jewish Book World c/o 3729 Meadowbrook Blvd. University Hts., OH 44118 === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send

Re: [ha-Safran]: Fagin the Jew

2004-03-31 Thread Eva Eisenstein
I have read this graphic novel by the great Will Eisner, and I have it catalogued in the adult fiction section of the library. It is really an adult graphic novel, but perhaps some teens could appreciate it as well. Eisner, in a clever twist at the beginning of his novel, tells Dickens - and us