Noah And The Great Flood - Hardcover

Gerstein, Mordicai

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689813716 ISBN 13: 9780689813719

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Bold full-color illustrations capture the drama and struggle of this classic Bible story about Noah and his animals and their battle for survival against the great flood aboard their wooden ark.

About this title

About the Author:

Mordicai Gerstein has been delighting readers for years with his stories and illustrations. He has published numerous acclaimed picture books, including The Mountains of Tibet, The Shadow of a Flying Bird, and most recently, Jonah and the Two Great Fish, which School Library Journal called "A lively and colorful read aloud...[with] enthralling oil paintings that sparkle with humor, imagination, and absorbing details" in a starred review. He lives in western Massachusetts.

From Booklist:

Ages 5^-9. There seems to be no end of books about Noah, and no wonder: what an opportunity for artists and tellers to portray the mercy of God, the perversity of humankind, a multitude of animals, and a nifty ark. Gerstein's is a radiant version of the familiar tale, incorporating many Jewish legends that elaborate on the biblical version. "It is told," Gerstein begins, that Noah was born with light streaming from his eyes, in a world populated by giants who had human mothers and angel fathers. Only Noah, his wife, and three sons were good and kind. God speaks to Noah through the great, round redish gold sun, telling him to build an ark to save himself and his family and two each of all creatures, for God will destroy the world by flood. Noah discovers that the wood for the ark cuts itself and the nails know where to go; and the animals come when it is time, even the "ogs," who must travel on the roof, and the "rayeems,' who are pulled behind the ark. When Noah feeds the lions, one grows impatient and strikes him on the leg, so he limps ever after. The little, blue winged "urshanas" tell Noah he can feed the others first, and he blesses them saying, "May the Lord let you live forever," and so they did, but no one knows where. The oil-on-vellum paintings have an inner luminosity and are full of all manner of enchanting pattern. However, literal-minded children and adults will wonder how the world began again after the flood when the only woman aboard is Noah's wife; the sons' wives are nowhere in evidence. GraceAnne A. DeCandido

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0689813716
• ISBN 13: 9780689813719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Gerstein Mordicai