Chil­dren’s

The Hid­den Artist

Leah Chana Rubab­shi; Phyl­lis Saroff, illus.
  • Review
By – May 28, 2014

A young boy looks around, notes the beau­ty and col­or of the world in all its spec­tac­u­lar vari­ety and won­ders how it came to be. He comes to the con­clu­sion that only a spe­cial and tal­ent­ed artist, Hashem, could have cre­at­ed this mag­nif­i­cence for him. In care­ful­ly craft­ed rhyme with rhythm that reads just right, with bright­ly col­ored, appeal­ing pic­tures reflect­ing the world’s beau­ty as seen through the eyes of the boy and with lam­i­nat­ed pages ensur­ing long term read­ing plea­sure, this book is a joy. Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 2 – 5.

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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