Noah's Ark
- Book Review,
by PETER SPIER
From Publishers Weekly
This Caldecott winner tells the biblical rainy-day tale with practically no text and his signature delicate, detailpacked illustrations. Ages 2-6. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"The colors are lovely. The scenes are unbelievably detailed...the book is a triumph, the definitive 'Noah's Ark.'"--Publishers Weekly.
Review
"The colors are lovely. The scenes are unbelievably detailed...the book is a triumph, the definitive 'Noah's Ark.'"--Publishers Weekly.
Language Notes
Text: English, Dutch (translation)
Card catalog description
Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
From the Publisher
The bee and the fox, the sheep and the ox--two of each kind trudged aboard Noah's famous vessel. Peter Spier uses his own translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem about this most famous menagerie. "The colors are lovely. The scenes are unbelievably detailed...the book is a triumph, the definitive 'Noah's Ark.'"--Publishers Weekly. A Caldecott Medal Book, The American Book Award, An ALA Notable Children's Book, A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year (1977), The Christopher Award, International Board on Books for Young People Honor List.
From the Inside Flap
The bee and the fox, the sheep and the ox--two of each kind trudged aboard Noah's famous vessel. Peter Spier uses his own translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem about this most famous menagerie.
A Caldecott Medal Book, The American Book Award, An ALA Notable Children's Book, A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year (1977), The Christopher Award, International Board on Books for Young People Honor List.
From the Back Cover
"The colors are lovely. The scenes are unbelievably detailed...the book is a triumph, the definitive 'Noah's Ark.'"--Publishers Weekly.
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