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Jewish Picture Book Aims to Protect our Children from Harm

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http://matzav.com/how-do-we-protect-our-children

Safety is–for obvious reasons–a high priority in our community right now. A friend recommended the book described in the link above. The article suggests that it introduces strategies to children so they can avoid being harmed by adults around them, yet approaches the subject in a way that is appropriate in our community.
In the comments section of the article, it makes clear that this book focuses on interactions with malicious strangers. Statistically, most children who are harmed (lo aleinu) are harmed by people they know. The next printing of the book will have this topic added.
Yoni Ploni… Never Talks to Strangers can be acquired directly from the author by dialing 347 393 3670.

The book has endorsements that have led me to place the link here, but I have not read the book myself yet. If you have and have any feedback to share, please feel free to add a comment below.

Free Hebrew books for Jewish kids!

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There’s a new project patterned on the PJ Library, that focuses on bringing Hebrew language materials into homes. Targeting the children and grandchildren of ex-patriot Israelis, in particular, philanthropists here in L.A. want to send kids books in Hebrew to cultivate skills in our special language. See this week’s Aish.com article here for a full explanation.
If you have children 3-5 years of age and would like to receive books in Hebrew throughout the school year, register at the link that follows. https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dG5DTEhoa29GQWFsNzhOaUxQZTFJaWc6MQ#gid=0

Another great contest…this time for readers, not just writers!

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The website Savvima is giving away a copy of the new Artscroll book, Let’s Go to the Sun and the Moon. To enter, you need to visit this link and put in a topic you’d like to see a Jewish book address before July 4th, 2011. One entry will be selected to receive the book.

Jewish Book Carnival coming in July

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Ann Koffsky, author and illustrator, will be hosting AJL’s Jewish Book Carnival on her website. Check in to the site after July 15th for links to blogs and websites with Jewish book themes. There’s also a Goodreads group with discussions, etc. See here for more details. http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Resources/Blog/JewishBookCarnivalHQ.aspx

Jewish Women’s Writing Conference in Jerusalem

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There is a wonderful Orthodox women’s writing conference in Jerusalem, which I fantasize about attending yearly. Many fabulous writers and editors appear, and I wish I could hear them speak about

This year was particularly appealing to me, as there was a workshop about making writing a (somewhat) profitable career. B”H someone recorded the presentations and Naomi Elbinger posted them on her blog.

How to find a kosher book: Nifty bit in this week’s HaModia

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There’s an article this week about Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld in HaModia, and it mentions almost as an aside that he and his 12 year old daughter have started a website with books for Jewish kids.
I visited the site, and the coolest thing is that it is SEARCHABLE! You can look up selections by subject and by age of reader, as well as title and author. However, it does not contain all the books out there. I’m assuming it is a work in progress and I’m very impressed with what they’ve done so far. It would be a great resource, for example, for those looking to buy a gift for a particular child or looking to stock up for a school or classroom library.
The link is in the list to the right of this blog, as well, and will remain there indefinitely.
In other “HaModia” news…my all-time favorite serial (aside from the one co-written by yours truly…) wrapped up in that magazine last week. Hopefully, This is America! will soon appear in novel format in Jewish bookstores. I really hope so, as it will deservingly find more readers this way.