Who's a Friend of the Water Spurting Whale - Hardcover

Baker, Sanna Anderson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891915877 ISBN 13: 9780891915874

Publisher: Chariot Books, 1987

Synopsis

Tells in rhyme of God's control of the elements and His loving care of Earth's animals.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2 As in the Old Testament, the narrator of this account, based on passages from the poetical Book of Job, lists the great achievements of God in question form: ``Who finds food for the lion and her young? Who made the crocodile's jaws so strong? God.'' Simply retold, the brief, lyrical verse is unimaginative, especially when it rhymes. Two or three lines of hand painted verse either face or caption a complementary watercolor painting that is stylized and softly toned. These are surrounded by borders which add to the overall portrait-like appearance. Pleasant enough, but the artwork wanes in comparison to other recent adaptations, notably Warwick Hutton's Adam and Eve (Macmillan, 1987) and Charles Mikolaycak's work in Miriam Chaikin's Exodus (Holiday, 1987) . The latter are also more appealing for their dramatic, timeless stories. Julie Corsaro, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chariot Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0891915877
• ISBN 13: 9780891915874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: DePaola Tomie