A Post-Pittsburgh Booklist for Non-Jewish Kids and Parents
Bibliotherapy is good medicine. That’s why the Association of Jewish Libraries, in response to the tragedy in Pittsburgh and other distressing events across the country, has committed to publishing a series of “Love Your Neighbor”-themed booklists, to help educate non-Jewish kids about Jews and Judaism.
Spearheaded by Heidi Rabinowitz —past president of the Association of Jewish Libraries, library director at Congregation B’nai Israel in Boca Raton, host of The Book of Life podcast, and reviewer for School Library Journal—the first list, devoted to defeating prejudice through children’s literature, went live today at the AJL website. [Full disclosure: I helped! As did a bunch of other children’s book critics and librarians.]
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