Genesis: A Secular Kids Book

The Bible is one of the great works of world literature, and Genesis is where it all begins (pun intended). Genesis is a story that everyone should absolutely be familiar with. The Genesis stories are woven deeply in to western history, culture and philosophy. This secular childrens book version of Genesis is as the name implies, hopefully a neutral telling of the story, one without any of the subtle proselytizing that can often be found in children's books about religion.

This secular Genesis opens with a discussion of how we as people lived long ago, why we told stories and created mythologies, it then progresses to the seven days Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and concludes with Joseph in Egypt. The book is by no means a complete retelling of Genesis, rather it is a quick introduction meant to familiarize kids with the story and introduce the main characters.

Ken Fields at best credits himself as being an amateur author, occasionally gathering the wherewithal to put together a book on a topic that interests him.He is a graduate of Brown University and began his career on Wall Street working as an analyst at a large very well known investment bank in their real estate investment banking group. After a few years he moved over to the private wealth management division at a slightly lesser, but still very well recognized private bank.Eventually leaving the world of finance he became a real estate developer of modest success purchasing and renovating a handful of apartments and small properties long before social media and the boom in home renovation shows. In 2002 he acquired a run down and neglected 1950's motel in South Beach and re-christened it The Creek South Beach, inviting up and coming artists from around the country to design rooms. The hotel won Best Hotel Of Miami in The Miami New Times 2003. He has owned and developed properties throughout Miami-Dade, New Orleans, New York and Connecticut.As an entrepreneur, Fields has since owned, managed, been a partner, an investor, a business development "guru" in more than a dozen some odd ventures with varying degrees of success. Along with his wife he manages several philanthropic donor advised funds under the Noya Fields Family Funds "umbrella" supporting the environment, education, the arts and women's empowerment.Married with one kid, when people ask he tells them he's a stay at home dad.