The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Lumer, Marc , Burston, Chaim , Naiditch, DouBer

Babel

24 pp. | Behrman/Apples & Honey | August, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-68115-514-2 $17.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Marc Lumer. This straightforward retelling of the Old Testament story about the origin of languages explores faith and human pride. Remembering the recent flood, the people of Babel build a tower so high they grow arrogant and are punished with erasure of common language. The resulting misunderstandings are depicted humorously in the detailed illustrations, which feature non-English speech balloons (with translations) as the diversely rendered people scatter.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth