The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Altein, Chani

Hashem Is Truly Everywhere

32 pp. | Hachai | June, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-1-929628-57-5 $12.95

(4) PS Illustrated by Marc Lumer. An observant Jewish boy's friend, Tzvi, assures him that "Hashem [God] is here, Hashem is there, Hashem is truly everywhere"--in the sky, in the sea, even in outer space. There's no story here and the text lacks imagination, but the wannabe-Seussian rhyming couplets have a jaunty rhythm. Expansive cartoonish (somewhat garish) watercolor and pencil illustrations reinforce the book's message.

Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith