The books of Judith M. Spiegelman

One of William Z. Spiegelman's three children, Judith M. Spiegelman was born and raised, and is still living in, New York City. Like her father, she is a writer. Among other works, she wrote a total of six books for UNICEF between 1969 and 1971. They focused on the lives of children in Turkey, Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), Thailand, Bali and Afghanistan.

This blog will serve as an appreciation of and archive for her UNICEF books. So far, two of them have been scanned and uploaded: Shaer of Afghanistan, and Dayapal of Ceylon. We are currently working on Ali of Turkey .

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Judith M. Spiegelman

Ms. Spiegelman is also the author of We Are The Children: A celebration of UNICEF's first forty years (published in 1986 by Atlantic Monthly Press). The photo and text above were taken from the sleeve of this book. (Photo by Mitch Epstein.)

Judith M. Spiegelman in the 1970s. Photo by Leon Brown.

Shaer of Afghanistan

Pages 62 and 63: "How to Pronounce Foreign Words," continued.

Shaer of Afghanistan

Pages 60 and 61: winnowing the wheat, continued, and "How to Pronounce Foreign Words"

Shaer of Afghanistan

Pages 58 and 59: winnowing the wheat.

Shaer of Afghanistan

Pages 56 and 57: working in the cucumber field.

Shaer of Afghanistan

Page 54: the water pump.

Page 55: on the way home from school.

Shaer of Afghanistan

Pages 52 and 53: school resumes.

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