From: Ruth I Gordon <druthgo>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:46:28 -0800

Samir and Yonaton" : Concerning the question about appropriate for "kids,"
"kids" of what age? "Kids" of what background knowledge? "Kids" with a teacher or librarian who has sufficient background in the situation in Israel?

These are the questions that need to be asked--and answered.

In the good old days, "Elementary School Library Collection" could have answered the questions about age appropriate titles. How about
"Friderich" by Richter? And there are, alas, many, many more because there are always wars begun by the old (well, W.W. II was a somewhat different story) and fought by the young that affecteed the very young--Haugaard wrote a book about what happened to various Italian children in "The Little Fishes." The U.S. Civil War is far too long ago to seem "real" to today's children. But W.W. II, Korea, Vietnam can provide many titles.

Maybe we could just include a biography of George W. Bush to show how someone who went AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard started a war with his gang.

Big Grandma

"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
Received on Mon 17 Mar 2003 08:46:28 PM CST