The American Girl series of historical fiction for young adults has been a big success in the US. A similar series runs in Canada, and includes a story about the home children: Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope, written by Jean Little. The Canadian series is called Our Canadian Girl.
The American Girl series also has accompanying dolls. Launching this weekend, to great anticipation, will be Rebecca, the Russian-Jewish immigrant doll to go along with Jacqueline Dembar Greene’s Meet Rebecca.
According to the May 23rd edition of the Sunday New York Times, a great deal of research went into what a Russian-Jewish immigrant doll should look like, with early comments favourable (Previous American Girl dolls stirred up controversies).
The Jewish Chronicle reviews Rebecca and likes it.
There is a new show called The Generations Project on BYU Television, on Monday at 8pm there is an episode about a girl who finds out she has Russian Jewish relatives. It sounds cool. Here’s the show’s website.
http://www.byub.org/thegenerationsproject/
Just thought you might be interested.
Thanks, Mary, for this reference to the new show on finding your ancestors.