There’s an article about Hereville in the Huffington Post!
This is the article Bob Smietana of the Religion News Service wrote. Very cool!
Here’s a bit from the article:
Ten-year-old Shira Acklin from the Temple, a Reform Jewish congregation in Nashville, agrees. She’s a fan of the Harry Potter books, and is also a big fan of Mirka.
“I like that the girl is the star — her brother is there but he’s not the star. She is,” Acklin said.
Adventure stories like Mirka’s are rare among Jewish kids’ books, said Heidi Estrin, library director at Congregation B’nai Israel, in Boca Raton, Fla.
Many Jewish books for kids focus on serious topics, like anti-Semitism, or teaching religious topics. If the books include humor, said Estrin, it’s often aimed at parents, not kids.
Not so with Hereville.
“It’s lighthearted in a way that kids can relate to,” said Estrin, who runs The Book of Life, a podcast about Jewish books. “The plot had nothing to do with prejudice — it’s about a girl who wants to fight dragons.”
Read the rest at Huffpo. Thanks, Bob!
(Oh, and if you’re interested in buying a copy of Hereville, the info is here.)
P.S. Check out the comments for a mini-debate between about if an atheist should be writing a religious protagonist.
Honestly, I’m kind of pulling for you to end up on The Daily Show or something. I feel like this would be a conflagration of awesome.
The Huffington Post bases a story on an obvious fairy tale — and yet Robert hasn’t said anything?
The HuffPost has been writing fairy tales for a long time, what’s to notice.
nobody.really, if Robert or I commented on every obvious fairy tale that the HuffPost reported on we’d have no time to do anything else in our lives.
Jadey, there’s no way that Jon is going to have someone on his show that does a better job making up fantasies than he does.
Although perhaps Amp should expect to see the HuffPost offer him a job.
Seriously, Amp, congratulations!