The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Bea, Holly

My Spiritual Alphabet Book

32 pp. | Kramer/Starseed | February, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-915811-83-9 $$14.00

(4) PS Illustrated by Kim Howard. "A is for the Angel / Who is watching over me. / B is for Believing / In the things I cannot see." Alphabetic rhyming couplets sometimes stumble in meter, and the batik-style illustrations are so busy with colors, patterns, and textures that the figures often get lost in the background, but this religious-themed alphabet book features a nice mix of moral values, faith-based cosmology, and a light touch.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam