The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Adler, David A.

The Story of Passover

32 pp. | Holiday | April, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2902-8 $15.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jill Weber. Adler follows up The Story of Hanukkah with the Passover story. The straightforward text touches on Jacob and the Children of Israel, slavery and Pharaoh's cruelty, Moses's encounter with the burning bush, the ten plagues, and the Red Sea escape. Weber's expressive, rich-hued acrylics play up the drama but also offer reassurance and even some humor through small, eye-pleasing details.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz