Arielle A. Aaron

Arielle A. Aaron grew up in Eastern USA, earned a degree in English Writing and Editing, and taught Secondary English and K-12 English as a Second Language for 13 years. In 1993 she won a Fellowship to study at Middlebury College Breadloaf School of English.

Her latest book IN THE PRESENCE OF BUTTERFLIES, is the story of the original butterfly project & How to Teach about the Holocaust to Any Age Group.

Reviewer Paris Webb wrote: "IN THE PRESENCE OF BUTTERFLIES is a valuable teaching resource that manages to turn feelings of sadness about the past and helplessness to change it into positive, action-oriented hopefulness of preparing ourselves and future generations to recognize and resist evil in whatever form it may take in the years to come. One always considers how to teach about the horrific and not horrify; how to warn about history's terrible tendency to repeat itself without terrifying about the future.

I REMEMBER SINGING: A BOY SURVIVES THE HOLOCAUST is Arielle's first book. She and the Holocaust Survivor she wrote about--who insisted that every word be true--signed the book together at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Reviewer Webb writes "I wish the book had been available

when I was teaching about the Holocaust to middle school students."

In fourth grade--in a little country school--she wrote about Holocaust children. In her stories, some of the children survived. She writes: "Imagine my surprise and joy upon meeting a brave child-hero who did survive the Holocaust."

Arielle says "I write because I want to help make certain that the world becomes a more humane and peaceful place for our children, grandchildren, families and friends, and to do that it is sometimes necessary to expose those elements that lead to Holocausts."