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From: angelica carpenter <angelica>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 11:24:18 -0700
Dear all,
I think I've written about this book before, but it is so moving that I never miss the chance to recommend it: When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest. I have used this picture book with children, with teenagers (it is about a teenager), and also with elderly Jewish patrons at a public library in Florida. The old people remembered (or remembered family stories about) coming to New York as children and working to bring family members over, one by one. Because of the beautiful writing and equally beautiful illustrations by P.J. Lynch, this books works on many levels. I can't read it aloud without crying but luckily I don't have to do this any more!
Best wishes,
Angelica Carpenter, Curator
Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature
California State University, Fresno
Received on Tue 08 May 2007 01:24:18 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 11:24:18 -0700
Dear all,
I think I've written about this book before, but it is so moving that I never miss the chance to recommend it: When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest. I have used this picture book with children, with teenagers (it is about a teenager), and also with elderly Jewish patrons at a public library in Florida. The old people remembered (or remembered family stories about) coming to New York as children and working to bring family members over, one by one. Because of the beautiful writing and equally beautiful illustrations by P.J. Lynch, this books works on many levels. I can't read it aloud without crying but luckily I don't have to do this any more!
Best wishes,
Angelica Carpenter, Curator
Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature
California State University, Fresno
Received on Tue 08 May 2007 01:24:18 PM CDT
