The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Mackall, Dandi Daley

Zacchaeus and Jesus

48 pp. | Tyndale | July, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4964-1119-8 $14.99

(4) K-3 Flipside Stories series. Illustrated by Lisa Manuzak. The story of the sinning tax collector, whose soul is saved by Jesus, is told in two stilted rhyming narratives. Mid-book, the reader is asked to "flip" the book to "take another look" at the story: one is from the perspective of Zacchaeus, the other from Jesus'; it's an effective gimmick for the book's purpose. Bright cartoon-style illustrations depict people of many skin tones.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt