[bksvol-discuss] Re: Holiday themed books?
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:05:46 -0800 (PST)
Well, if can get Chanukah Guilt and the children's
books Nine Spoons and the one about the prairie I'd be
happy to validate those, though I doubt I can get them
done by Chanukah--maybe next year's Chanukah. smile
G. Cindy
--- Allison Hilliker <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, Cindy, for your suggestions. Claire said
> that she'd order some
> holiday books for Bookshare and she's asked me to
> make a list of
> possibilities. So I'll add your titles. I've been
> all over Amazon and
> Barns and Noble's websites and having the hardest
> time finding appropriate
> books.
>
> BTW, Michael, your point is well taken about
> Chanukah being more of a
> children's holiday. I hadn't known that, but a
> couple of people have been
> telling me that lately. So I guess I'll focus on
> children's books then.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Allison
>
> allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Sestak" <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:55 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Holiday themed books?
>
>
> >I am far from an expert on the subject, but what I
> have been told is that
> >Chanukah is far more a children's holiday in Jewish
> culture than Christmas
> >is in christian culture. Thus, children's books
> would be very suitable.
> >Adults are more likely to be interested in reading
> to children at this
> >season, than reading stories for themselves.
> Though, if bookshare has it
> >or someone can scan it, the historical novel seems
> interesting. And if it
> >is the same one I read, the book on how to spell it
> is hilarious.
> >
> > Misha
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:29:17 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Holiday themed
> books?
> >
> >
> > Not only aren't there any that I can find on
> > bookshare, but I only found 3 adult books about
> > Chanukah on Amazon, at least on the first several
> > pages. One is philosophical ("Chanukah: Eight
> Nights
> > of Light, Eight Gifts for the Soul" by Shimon
> > Apisdorf, 1997); one is historical ("Chanukah: Its
> > History, Observances, and Significance" by Hersh
> > Goldwurm, Meir Zlotowitz, and Nossom Scherman,
> 1981);
> > and one fiction that I, and probably anyone would
> > enjoy reading, because they're not really
> religious:
> > "Chanukah Guilt" by Ilene Schneider is a murder
> > mystery.
> >
> > And I found a historical novel, "Maccabee" by
> David C.
> > Carson, published in Jan. 2007 that received
> excellent
> > reader reviews on Amazon. Chanukah honors the
> heroic
> > fighting of the Maccabees and the miracle of the
> oil
> > in the temple lasting 8 days when there was only
> > enough, supposedly to last one.
> >
> > Chanukah, or Hanukkah (there's a book that sounds
> cute
> > about the different ways to spell the word) isn't
> a
> > religious or spiritual holiday in the same way
> that
> > Christmas is. Most of the books available seem to
> be
> > ways to explain the holiday to children or to how
> ow
> > they can have fun on it. It's hard to compete with
> > Christmas. smile
> >
> > G. Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- Allison Hilliker <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm working on putting together a list of holiday
> >> books to feature on the
> >> Bookshare main page. I can find a lot of
> Christmas
> >> ones, but nothing on
> >> Hanukkah. This could simply be that I don't know
> >> where to look. Does
> >> anyone know of a good Hanukkah-related book on
> >> Bookshare? Preferably
> >> fiction, but non-fiction is okay too. All I've
> >> found so far
> >> is kids books, which are good, but I'd like to
> find
> >> an adult one too. Also,
> >> if someone knows of a Pagan type holiday book,
> like
> >> on solstice, that would
> >> be another interesting addition to the list.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Allison
> >>
> >> allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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