At the Synagogue

The collaborative effort of author Dia L. Michels and photographer Michael J. N. Bowles, Look What I See! Where Can I Be? At The Synagogue is part of a highly recommended series of picturebooks written with the unique twist of being told from a baby's point of view. The two-page spreads alternate between a close-up segment of a photograph, and then the whole photograph which puts the intriguing close-up into context. A visual joy to page through, Look What I See! Where Can I Be? At The Synagogue uses this unique format to celebrate Jewish life, faith, and education.

I have recently read this children's book about the icons of Jewish Life. It is well illustrated and designed and suitable for both Jewish and non-jewish children to understand the practices and traditions of Judaism. If more books like this were to be available to all children then, perhaps, we would have more tolerance about the different religions?