Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children
Grade 2-6?Stories from the Hebrew Bible are retold and accompanied by drawings, maps, and captioned photographs. The retellings are brief and would be more useful for information than for reading aloud. The illustrations are often crowded, unexceptional, and unattractive. It is curious to look at a contemporary, unlabeled photograph of a young girl who is probably from the Middle East and read that Rachel "would have been young, with a natural beauty like this girl." It is also curious that in the description of the Creation, the text reads, "And so ended the first day and night of creation." The Hebrew text puts evening ahead of day, which is why Jewish holidays always begin at sunset. Schools with Bible study programs may find this useful, but only as a supplemental purchase.?Susan Pine, New York Public LibraryCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.