A Prayer for the Earth: The Story of Naamah, Noah's Wife - Hardcover

Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1879045605 ISBN 13: 9781879045606

Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub, 1996

Synopsis

Noah's wife Naamah is called upon by God to gather the seeds of every type of plant on Earth and bring them safely onto the ark before the great flood.

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From the Back Cover:

At last, we learn the secret of how plants recovered from the Great Flood. In this nurturing story, Naamah....inspires us all to carry on her tradition as stewards of Earth s garden.
Michael J. Caduto, co-author, The Keepers of the Earth books; founder, P.E.A.C.E. (Programs for Environmental

A story for people of all faith traditions. With humor, tenderness, and wisdom, it speaks nevertheless with urgency: Care for creation it is God s gift to us.
Rev. Carla V. Berkedal, Founding Director, Earth Ministry, Seattle, WA

A lovely tale....Children of all ages should be drawn to this parable for our times.
Tomie dePaola, artist/author of books for children

About the Author:

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of the award-winning God's Paintbrush, In God's Name, But God Remembered, and A Prayer for the Earth is Rabbi of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis. She is active in the interfaith community and has written and lectured on the renewal of spirituality and the discovery of the religious imagination in children of all faiths. She was the second woman ever to be ordained as a rabbi (1974) and the first rabbi to become a mother.

Bethanne Andersen lives along a river in Idaho with her husband and two sons. She received an M.F.A. from Brigham Young University and studied illustration in the Masters Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her work is in many museums and university and private collections.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1879045605
• ISBN 13: 9781879045606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Andersen Bethanne