Tuesday, June 9, 2020

The Playgrounds of Babel by JonArno Lawson - ADVISABLE

The Playgrounds of Babel by JonArno Lawson, 32 pages. PICTURE BOOK. Groundwood Books, 2019. $19.

Content: G

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Life must have been difficult when the Tower of Babel failed and everyone was given new languages. One boy is hearing this story for the first time, and he has lots of questions.

While Lawson’s story has a base in the Biblical story, it is reimagined and explained in a new way here. I enjoyed reading the new take on what might have happened, and I love that the story encourages readers to ask questions.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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