Re: [ha-Safran]: Yeshiva-Appropriate YA fiction

2009-12-14 Thread Ruth D. Bryskier
Have you looked at chinuch.org? If you sign in and search for Secular Book List you will find some good information: Description: Newly updated as of September 2009! List of over 2000 secular children's and young adult books with notations for acceptable, unacceptable and questionable. There

RE: [ha-Safran]: Yeshiva-Appropriate YA fiction

2009-12-14 Thread Yeshivah Secondary Library
Hi Aviva I am the librarian (retiring tomorrow!) at a Chabad boys' school in Melbourne, Australia. I just put together a rough document for evaluating resources which I am attaching for you. As it is the end of the school year here, we are busy winding down, but I can email you some books that

[ha-Safran]: Yeshiva-Appropriate YA fiction

2009-12-06 Thread Aviva Adler
Hello, I am the librarian in a 9-12 all girls' yeshiva high school. I would like to purchase some secular YA fiction for the students, however I am worried about there being inappropriate language and content. Does anyone have a resource for evaluating books for content, or can anyone