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Synopsis
A new edition of the well-loved story from the Old Testament recalls Jonah's initial refusal to answer God's call and how his time spent in the belly of a whale convinced him to accept God's plan for him.
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About the Author
Geoffrey Patterson began his career in interior design and worked as a set designer with the BBC for 13 years. He was a lecturer in illustration at Suffolk College and has published many books for children. In 1986 he won the Smarties prize for The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg. He lives in Norfolk.
From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3-- In the Biblical world of saints and superheroes, Jonah-the-reluctant strikes a very human note. His attempt to escape from the voice of God precipitates a great adventure: shipwreck and an insider's look at a whale. Patterson's double-page spreads acknowledge the drama in the tale. His approach is selectively realistic: the amphorae in the cargo look right, but the whale has sharks' teeth and a 60-foot esophagus. More questionable license is taken with the details of the story: Jonah is introduced as ``a lazy man'' at odds with his neighbors, an unhappy misfit. None of these qualities is implied by the text, but a more serious problem is that nothing is subsequently made of them in the retelling. Inside the whale, Jonah tells God, ``I trust you to look after me, and I will do what you ask.'' Unimpeachable sentiments, but no rival to the beauty of the original prayer in Jonah. Nor does this version rival the beauty and fidelity of Warwick Hutton's Jonah and the Great Fish (Atheneum, 1984). --Patricia Dooley, University of Washington, Seattle
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherLothrop Lee & Shepard
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0688112390
- ISBN 13 9780688112394
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages1
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