Chil­dren’s

ABC Israel

Rachel Raz

  • Review
By – October 31, 2013

The author/​photographer presents Israel from A to Z through full page pho­tos, from almond trees in bloom though zebras in the safari park in Ramat-Gan. In ABC for­mat, she demon­strates the col­or­ful, teem­ing, diverse excite­ment of life in Israel. A two-page spread at the back of the book edu­cates fur­ther by devot­ing sev­er­al sen­tences to ampli­fy­ing and expand­ing on each pho­to­graph. This is an appeal­ing intro­duc­tion for Amer­i­can chil­dren to the sights and con­cepts of Israeli life.

Michal Hoschan­der Malen is the edi­tor of Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s young adult and children’s book reviews. A for­mer librar­i­an, she has lec­tured on top­ics relat­ing to lit­er­a­cy, run book clubs, and loves to read aloud to her grandchildren.

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