In Aleph-Bet Israel, the youngest read­er will enjoy learn­ing about Israel through the Hebrew alpha­bet. On each page of this slim paper­back, a let­ter of the Hebrew alpha­bet is used to iden­ti­fy an illus­tra­tion of a place or sym­bol of Israel. The illus­tra­tions are explained in Hebrew, with Eng­lish under­neath. Cheer­ful mul­ti­cul­tur­al chil­dren are shown rid­ing a camel in the Negev Desert, vis­it­ing Jerusalem, going to syn­a­gogue, eat­ing falafel, float­ing in the Sea of Galilee, vis­it­ing the mar­ket, hold­ing an Israeli flag or Star of David, read­ing about Chaim Weitz­man, Israel’s first pres­i­dent, and so on. The book design is visu­al­ly appeal­ing, with the Hebrew let­ter in a dif­fer­ent col­or and posi­tion on each page of live­ly full col­or illus­tra­tions. The Israeli author-artist has cre­ative­ly used the last two pages as a sum­ma­ry of the book, pair­ing each let­ter in large bold font with its Eng­lish name and a small sec­tion ​“cut-out” of its cor­re­spond­ing full size illus­tra­tion under­neath it. For exam­ple, we see a shin and its name in Eng­lish, then a small sec­tion of the larg­er illus­tra­tion of the shuk, the mar­ket. Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 4 – 7.