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has been optioned for movie
rights, and Running on Eggs by
Anna Levine are among them.
Blitt is hopeful upcoming books
such as Light Years by Tamar Stein
and The Weight of the Sky by Lisa
Sandell, a novel told in verse about.
an American high-school student
who visits Israel, will widen the
lens through which teens view
Israel.
"But where is the Madeline of
Jewish books?" she wonders, which
gives a flavor for Israeli culture
and life in the same way that the
wildly popular series about a
young Parisian girl conveys an
image of France. Without the
attention of the Jewish press and
without enough publicity, Jewish-
therned books Will not sell well -
enough, and publishers will
remain skeptical, Blitt cautions.

Jewish mothers in interfaith fami-
lies who are looking for books for
their children," Starman Hessel
says.
As a children's autlfor, Cooper
targeted this market with Sam I
Am, a young-adult Chanukah novel
published last year, where the
young boy Sam grapples with
questions of religious identity.

Competitive Field
Changing reader needs are having
a major impact on traditional reli-
gious publishing, says Scott
Blumenthal, the editor, at Behrman
House, which publishes Jewish
educational material for use in
religious schools.
Behrman House is responding to
the demands of Jewish parents
who want more classroom time for
religious education programs
because their kids have busier
after-school schedules.
Contemporary Stories
"Our challenge is to speak to the
Cooper points to several books
kids in as concise and engaging
that received rave reviews from
manner as we can with kid friend-
Booklist as - examples of illustrated
books that reach beyond tradition- ly editorial content, lively design,
art and illustration —.- something
al. holiday stories: The Travels of
that's going to not feel like more
Benjamin of Tudela, by renowned
school."
award-winning writer and artist
The growth and change in the
Uri Shulevitz; tells the little-known
marketplace have caught the atten-
story of the voyages of a medieval
tion of a growing number of
Spanish Jewish traveler, and
JeWish children's writers and
Sholom'S Treasure by Erica
artists who want to break into the
Silverman, a past winner of the -
competitive field. Blumenthal is
Sydney Taylor award given by the
one of several prominent editors
Association of Jewish Libraries, is
illustrated by Caldecott award win- — including Judye Groner of Kar-.
Ben publishers, a division of
ner Mordicai Gerstein.
Lerner Books — who recently par-
HOwever, Cooper bemoans the
, ticipated in what is becaniing an
lack of contemporary stories.
increasingly substantial conference
"There's still a lot more - old-fash-
for Jewish children's writers and
ioned clothing than modern
artists, sponsored in part by the
clothes in most Jewish children's •
Jewish Book Council. This year's
books."
Starman Hessel hopes for a book conference took place on Nov. 20 in
that will grab attention, the equiv-
Manhattan.
When the conference was first
alent of a Jewish Harry Potter. She
held seven years ago, there were
also echoes a recurring complaint
two speakers and about a dozen
of Jewish children's writers and
educators who note the abundance attendees, Anna Olswanger, an
author who runs a Web site for
of new Holocaust books for chil-
Jewish writers and artists, writes
dren. "Why should Judaism be
in an e-mail. This year, there were
seen only through that lens?" she
nine speakers and almost 100 par-
asks.
ticipants, she says.
Another unmet market, Cooper
and Starman Hesse' agree, is the
increasing number of children in
interfaith families.
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