This is a vivid­ly, cre­ative­ly, and artis­ti­cal­ly illus­trat­ed expla­na­tion of the Ten Com­mand­ments in child-friend­ly lan­guage, using con­cepts easy for chil­dren to under­stand and inte­grate into their dai­ly lives. In short, rhyming seg­ments — which the author sug­gests can be sung to the tune of This Old Man, He Played One—each of the Com­mand­ments is bro­ken down into basic parts and pre­sent­ed in an acces­si­ble man­ner appro­pri­ate for chil­dren at any lev­el of reli­gious observance. 

Back mat­ter includes def­i­n­i­tions and fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the top­ic. The book can be used in con­junc­tion with prepa­ra­tion for the hol­i­day of Shavuot, in dis­cus­sions about Jew­ish oblig­a­tions and rules, or in a vari­ety of oth­er con­texts in reli­gious schools or in homes. The sug­ges­tion to use the book in a musi­cal way adds to the cre­ative pos­si­bil­i­ties for blend­ing fun and learn­ing in a preschool setting.

Bright col­ors and a fun song or rhyme make this an appeal­ing choice. Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 3 to 6.