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"There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book?" - Marina Tsvetaeva
One of the common interests I share with many of my journal readers (readerettes, in particular, it would seem) is fascination with children's literature. Therefore I believe you'd be as thrilled as I was to know that there is a new Israeli journal dedicated to children's literature research called "Olam Katan" (a small world).
The journal - a collaboration between Beit Berl College and Yemima Center for children's literature research - presents an assortment of israeli studies in children's literature, with some emphasis on the Israeli/Jewish perspective.
Among the articles of the second issues:
Hattie's Spring tip: Treat yourself with an issue.
One of the common interests I share with many of my journal readers (readerettes, in particular, it would seem) is fascination with children's literature. Therefore I believe you'd be as thrilled as I was to know that there is a new Israeli journal dedicated to children's literature research called "Olam Katan" (a small world).
The journal - a collaboration between Beit Berl College and Yemima Center for children's literature research - presents an assortment of israeli studies in children's literature, with some emphasis on the Israeli/Jewish perspective.
Among the articles of the second issues:
- Trends in Modern adaptations of the Grimm Tales
- The Harry Potter series - Realism and Fantasy, tradition and innovativeness
- The function of Illustration in Modren Children's Literature
- Discrepancies between the Disney's movies and the original tales
- Of Yaaqov Orland's Translation of Children's poems
- Richard Lionheart and Malka the jewish girl of York(!)- an historic youth novel
- Presentation of the Holocaust to children in Uri Orlev's The Island On Bird Street
Hattie's Spring tip: Treat yourself with an issue.