Shalom Bayit: A Peaceful Home

by Linda Elovitz Marshall

illustrated by Ag Jatkowska

 

A graceful observation of various calm and loving animal and human homes. In this pleasant, nature-inspired board book, readers see various animals living in 'shalom bayit'―'quiet places, peaceful homes'―before the book closes on a Jewish family relaxing in their house. Peppy rhyming couplets―'A turtle makes a sandy mound. / A worm lives safely underground'―have a nice sound to them, and the short tidbits of information they impart about the different habitats and shelters of disparate forest animals are accurate. With sweetly anthropomorphized animals, complete with serene smiles and rosy cheeks, this is nature at its most passive and tranquil.

 

Ages 2-3