Alisa is a cofounder of kosherbooks.org, a reading list that rates books so parents can keep their kids’ bookshelves stocked without compromising their standards.
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lisa is a cofounder of kosherbooks.org, a reading list that rates over 4,500 books (and counting!) so parents can keep their kids’ bookshelves stocked without compromising their standards.
I started kosherbooks.org with my good friend, Sharon Schwartz, 23 years ago, when our kids were becoming readers.
We both loved reading and wanted our kids to have that outlet, but we were each trying to pre-read our books, since we were careful about what came into our homes. We found ourselves rereading the same books over and over again when we couldn’t remember if they were appropriate.
We each started keeping a list, and after a year, we decided to keep a list together. Eventually I made a typed spreadsheet — that was very radical in those days! Slowly and painfully, we built the list up to a few hundred books.
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