1 9 6 9 , ▁photograph er ▁Anna ▁R iw kin - B rick ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁K ash mir ▁to ▁take ▁photos ▁for ▁the ▁book . ▁Later , ▁V era ▁F ors berg ▁wrote ▁a ▁text ▁to ▁the ▁photos . ▁V era ▁F ors berg ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁text ▁to ▁another ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁series : ▁Gen net ▁L ives ▁in ▁Eth iop ia . ▁Sal ima ▁L ives ▁in ▁K ash mir ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁many ▁languages , ▁including ▁English , ▁Heb rew , ▁Norwegian ▁and ▁German . ▁ ▁In ▁Israel , ▁the ▁series ▁Children ' s ▁Every where , ▁which ▁also ▁includes ▁Sal ima ▁from ▁K ash mir , ▁was ▁a ▁great ▁success , ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁transl ations ▁of ▁Le ah ▁Gold berg . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Isra eli ▁director ▁D vor it ▁Sh arg al ▁shot ▁a ▁ 5 0 - min ute ▁document ary ▁titled ▁Where ▁is ▁Elle ▁K ari ▁and ▁what ▁happened ▁to ▁Nor iko - san ?, ▁which ▁de als ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁books ▁from ▁the ▁series . ▁After ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁nine ▁stories ▁of ▁the ▁Children ' s ▁Every where ▁series ▁were ▁re iss ued ▁in ▁Israel , ▁including ▁Sal ima ▁L ives ▁in ▁K ash mir . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Vin ay ak ▁Raz dan ▁pra ises ▁the ▁photos ▁of ▁Anna ▁R iw kin - B rick . ▁He ▁says ▁that ▁the ▁friendly ▁smile ▁of ▁the ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁book , ▁cast s