Paradise showcases Fiona French's distinctive artwork that combines the flowing organic lines of Art Nouveau with the colorful luminous look of Louis Comfort Tiffany's stained glass. Twelve kaleidoscopic tableaux, accompanied by a straightforward, easy-to-understand narrative, portray the Old Testament story of creation — seven momentous days in which God creates the world: light and dark, sky and earth, fishes, birds, animals and finally man and woman. French returns to perhaps the most compelling text of the many available — the Authorized King James version of the Bible — to bring the Book of Genesis in all of its timeless drama into glowing perspective for young readers.
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Grade 2-5–French conveys the story of Creation through stunning illustrations. Excerpted from the King James translation of the Bible, the text describes how God created the universe, the world, and all its creatures, and also relates the story of the Garden of Eden. The narrative contains some difficult language, but the vibrant paintings, resembling panels of stained glass, illuminate the tale. The colors are deliberate and bold. God appears as an eye in the sky overlooking Paradise. The swirling black lines used to depict the formation of "the heaven and the earth" gradually settle down, gracefully forming the outline shapes of a whale, a giraffe, and other creatures. There is much to see in these detailed yet elegant pictures, and readers will discover new images upon each viewing. Youngsters already familiar with the Creation story will most enjoy this brilliantly illustrated rendition.–Jodi Kearns, University of Akron, OH
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Lord God New!
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