With this new rendition of a much-loved Bible story, youngsters will soon be tapping their toes to the beat as they follow all kinds of birds, beasts and reptiles onto Noah's Ark.
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From School Library Journal
reS-Gr 3-Despite the amount of research outlined in his author's note, McCarthy fails to provide fresh insights or interpretations of the Noah story. The rhymes in the text are predictable in most cases and labored in others, such as "family" and "dearly" or "drown" and "plan." Noah and family follow God's instructions to build the ark and gather animals. When the storm subsides, a dove finds signs of dry land. After the disembarkation, the family thanks God, who responds with the rainbow of promise. Ferri's watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations soar above the lackluster text. The panoramas of the pounding waves and winds of the storm and the animals descending Mount Ararat are especially striking. The placement of text and pictures is well considered and visually pleasing. When a single page is devoted to an illustration, the facing text page has smaller pictures above and below to complement the larger one. Anyone in search of rhymed Noah stories should consider Barbara Reid's Two by Two (Scholastic, 1996), Fiona French's Rise and Shine (Little, Brown, 1989; o.p.), or Pam Paparone's Who Built the Ark? (S & S, 1994). If a collection needs another Noah book, Ferri's illustrations merit consideration, but it's hard to recommend this book as a first purchase.
Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 3-5. Rhythmic four-line stanzas pace this engaging version of the familiar Bible story. Worked in colored pencil and watercolors, the soft-hued illustrations picture a well-ordered ark where birds roost up high, elephants settle on the middle deck, and giraffes find room to stretch their necks by the stairs. Dramatic views of the turbulent storm and of the ark cradled atop Ararat amid the endless sea are nicely balanced with more lighthearted scenes of Noah welcoming the animal couples and the seafarers' wide-eyed anticipation when the dove returns with branch in beak. A lively read-aloud for story time or one-on-one time. Ellen Mandel
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This review is from: The Story of Noah and the Ark (Hardcover)
The book opens by explaining how God became upset, and eventually flooded the earth, because "other" peoples--but not our people--were murdering and fighting wars.
The suggestion that wars and bloodshed are only things other "bad' peoples do--rather than a flaw shared by all peoples--misreads Genesis and goes against the golden rule of children's books which is to emphasize our common humanity. It is hard to think of a more inappropriate message to give to a child.
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