▁Heb rew ▁language ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁on ▁Heb rew ▁transl ations ▁of ▁prominent ▁children ' s ▁books ▁by ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁Er ich ▁K äst ner ▁ ▁and ▁Mira ▁L obe . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Sh av it ▁has ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁system ▁of ▁books ▁for ▁Jewish ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁speaking ▁areas ▁since ▁the ▁last ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century . ▁The ▁results ▁of ▁this ▁compreh ensive ▁study ▁were ▁published ▁as ▁Deutsch - j üd ische ▁Kinder - ▁und ▁Jug endl iter atur . ▁Von ▁der ▁H ask al ah ▁bis ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁( with ▁Hans - He ino ▁E wers , ▁ 1 9 9 6 ) ▁and ▁in ▁Deutsch - J üd ische ▁Kinder - ▁und ▁Jug endl iter atur : ▁Ein ▁liter atur gesch icht licher ▁Grund r iss ▁( 2 0 0 2 , ▁with ▁Ann eg ret ▁V öl pel ). ▁In ▁these ▁studies , ▁Sh av it ▁described ▁how ▁these ▁books ▁served ▁as ▁agents ▁of ▁social ▁change ▁and ▁their ▁function ▁in ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁children ' s ▁Jewish ▁identity . ▁▁ ▁She ▁conducted ▁a ▁larger ▁scale ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁republic ▁of ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁H ask al ah ▁with ▁Sh m uel ▁Fe iner ▁of ▁Bar - I lan ▁University ▁and ▁Christoph ▁Schul te ▁of ▁P ots dam ▁University . ▁The ▁research ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁various ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁this ▁new ▁market ▁was ▁developed ,