OK, 22 letters is kind of long to hold the interest of little kids (and, maybe, adults). But it's a good "first shall be last"/ "raising up the lowly" story. More importantly, it suggests the importance of language, words, letters in creating the world/reality, or at least our understanding of it. The calligraphy is interesting; no color is needed.

There is a note about the book at the end. The text is a loose adaptation of a translation by Maurice Samuel and other sources. ( )

This is a facsimile edition of the book by Ben Shahn illustrating this 13th-century legend of how God created the world through the letters of the alphabet. Another one for my collection of Abecedaria (or, in this case, Aleph-Betaria?).