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In the Time of Noah (Old Stories)

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The story of Noah, from the Bible, is often told to children in either a silly way, trying to make the story cute, or stupidly, trying to cut out the important realities of what is going on. Not that here. The telling of the story holds the interests of our oldest daughters, who are 5 and 3, as do the beautiful pictures. The creative pictures are beautiful and artistic views of the time and people, quite different than anything we've seen before. Older children who have only had the cutie versions of Noah will have their minds expanded by this simple book. And you may find yourself checking your Bible afterwards, just to see if the amazing story you just read is really there. I think this book could lead to some great family discussions.

N.D. Wilson does an amazing job of retelling bible stories in this series and in this book particularly. They read easily and read out loud well. Combined with the illustrations by Peter Bentley, the book is pleasant to the ears and the eyes. The first night I read this series to my daughter, she asked for them over and over again. My daughter loves the books and the illustrations. The water color illustrations are wonderfully done. This book is the retelling of the story of Noah's Ark by N.D. Wilson and he does it masterfully. A second book in the series The Dragon And The Garden, was released, a third called The Sword of Abram is mentioned on the back of the books but I have been unable to track it down.