Like the oth­er books in JPS’s Kids’ Cat­a­log series, this is a use­ful and fact-filled com­pendi­um, writ­ten in the author’s spright­ly style and illus­trat­ed, in part, with her child-friend­ly car­toon sto­ries. In the copy that was reviewed, all of the illus­tra­tions and pho­tographs are in black and white, mak­ing for a some­what monot­o­nous for­mat. The con­tent is com­pre­hen­sive, includ­ing fac­tu­al infor­ma­tion, his­to­ry, lore, leg­end, short sto­ries, exper­i­ments, crafts and activ­i­ties, a mini-ency­clo­pe­dia, and an index. Although the focus is on Israel and Judaism with a broad sweep that ranges from bib­li­cal begin­nings to ecol­o­gy and zool­o­gy, the con­tri­bu­tions of non-Jew­ish ​“eco-heroes” like Rachel Car­son and Jane Goodall are also cov­ered. Kids who con­sult the cat­a­log at Tu B’Shevat or any oth­er time of the year will find them­selves not only informed but moti­vat­ed to take action on behalf of the earth and its liv­ing things. This impor­tant addi­tion to library col­lec­tions of all kinds is for ages 9 – 14.