In the lat­est addi­tion to her Bible sto­ry series (Daniel in the Lions’ Den, David and Goliath, Jon­ah and the Whale, Miri­am and Her Broth­er Moses), Jean Mar­zol­lo sim­pli­fies the sto­ry of Ruth and Nao­mi, focus­ing on their jour­ney to Beth­le­hem and Ruth’s mar­riage to Boaz. Mar­zol­lo clev­er­ly employs field rab­bits at the bot­tom of each page to pro­vide com­men­tary on the sto­ry, fur­ther expla­na­tions, and pose ques­tions to the read­ers. She also cre­ates a har­vest song to the tune of ​“The Farmer in the Dell.” The sto­ry ends with the birth of Obed, who Mar­zol­lo explains was the father of Jesse, David’s father. The end page includes an illus­tra­tion of Ruth and David with the rab­bits’ dia­logue: ​“Who’s that? David and his great-grand­moth­er Ruth. Listen…can you hear her? She’s telling David how glad she is that long ago she chose to help Nao­mi.” Mar­zol­lo accu­rate­ly places the sto­ry with­in the prop­er his­tor­i­cal and bib­li­cal con­text, includ­ing a map illus­trat­ing Ruth and Naomi’s jour­ney. As with the oth­er books in the series, the mes­sage to chil­dren includes an intro­duc­tion to the sto­ry and sug­ges­tions for read­ing the book aloud. This bright, cheer­ful, and cre­ative book sheds light on an often neglect­ed Bible sto­ry and will be a wel­come addi­tion in all libraries. And, as with the oth­ers, it will cer­tain­ly appeal to young chil­dren. For ages 6 – 8.