In the Jerusalem Forest by Devora Busheri and Noa Kelner - OPTIONAL

In the Jerusalem Forest by Devora Busheri, illustrated by Noa Kelner.  PICTURE BOOK. Kar-Ben (Lerner), 2019. $8. 9781541534735

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

A girl and her mother are walking through the forest. They take the time to poke through a pond, but when the wind kicks up the girl wants to leave.  Back in the warm spring sun the world is less scary. And she remembers the pond reflecting the sky and their faces.

I think that creating a picture book around someone else’s poem is very difficult.  I am not sure why this is called the Jerusalem forest – except for the word Ima (which I am guessing is the Hebrew word for mother), there is nothing to place this forest geographically.  I do enjoy Kelner’s illustrations,  They are child-like without being childish and convey the movement and motion well.

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS