The Coat of Many Colors

Reviewer's Bookwatch, April, 2005

The Coat Of Many Colors

Kenny Koralek & Pauline Baynes

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

c/o Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

255 Jefferson Avenue, S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503

0802852777 $16.00 1-800-253-7521 www.eerdmans.com/youngreaders

Elegantly illustrated by the artwork of Pauline Baynes, The Coat Of Many Colors by Kenny Koralek is a picturebook retelling the Biblical story of Joseph. When his ten brothers became jealous of his coat of many colors, they decided to teach him a lesson. Joseph was sold into slavery--yet his astounding gift to interpret dreams would come to the pharaoh's attention, and Joseph taught him how to protect the land from the threat of famine. One day Joseph and his brothers would meet again, with repentance filling the brothers' hearts, all of them far wiser than they once were so many years ago. A powerful and timeless legend.