This is a sweet sto­ry in both Eng­lish and Hebrew of a young boy com­ing to terms with his under­stand­ing of God while fac­ing his fear of the water. The sim­plis­tic but col­or­ful illus­tra­tions com­ple­ment the tone and mood of the text but the lengthy dis­cus­sion between the boy and his moth­er weighs down the sto­ry. The Israeli set­ting and the par­al­lel Hebrew text make this a unique book for both libraries look­ing to expand their col­lec­tion of Hebrew children’s lit­er­a­ture and for schools where con­ver­sa­tion­al Hebrew is taught, as well as for bilin­gual fam­i­lies. It is unclear how the book will ​“fos­ter pos­i­tive bonds between Eng­lish-speak­ing fam­i­lies and Israel” as stat­ed in the publisher’s mis­sion state­ment, but this inau­gur­al offer­ing by Milk and Hon­ey Press shows promise. K – 3.