On Noah's Ark by Jan Brett; Illustrated by Jan Brett
	List Price:   $16.99 Unit Price:   $13.59 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0399240284 ISBN-13:   9780399240287 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Edition:   illustrated Category:   Religious Books Pub. Date:   September 2003 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION NOAH'S ARK_FICTION ANIMALS_FICTION GRANDPARENTS_FICTION
Description/Notes
Noah's granddaughter assists him in bringing the animals two-by-two on to the ark and helps them adjust to their new cramped quarters during the next forty days of rain. Jan Brett's intricate illustrations against a beautiful papyrus background make a stunning picture book of a favorite story-this time featuring Noah's granddaughter.nbsp; As the floodwaters rise, she helps take the animals onto the ark and get them settled down.nbsp; But it's not easy when giraffes are sleeping next to pandas and lions are curled up with turkeys.nbsp; Finally the gentle rocking of the ark lulls them all to sleep until the waters recede and Grandpa Noah, his family, and all the animals leave the ark.nbsp; This simple telling, combined with extraordinary illustrations of every animal imaginable, makes On Noah's Ark perfect for young and old. The story of Noah's ark not only appealed to Jan Brett because she loves to draw animals, but it meant going to Botswana, Africa, to see mammals and birds in their natural habitat. 'To be physically close to Africa's creatures was a primal, rapturous experience,' she says. Seeing the giant, cushionlike tracks of the wild elephants and then examining the feet of a semihabituated elephant, seen above, crystallized the 'mythic-to-intimate' scale that marked the trip for her. As Jan and her husband, Joe Hearne, paddled along in dugout canoes in the channels of the Okavango Delta, they saw vast stretches of papyrus plants, inspiring Jan to create borders of papyrus paper, so long linked to our early history. Picture the animals packed into Noah's ark-big, small, furry, feathered, sleek and shiny. How did they manage all crowded in together? Jan Brett imagines Noah's granddaughter finding the way as she boards the ark with the animals and helps them settle down. That's not so easy because they thump and bump and push and press against one another. But this resourceful little girl keeps the peace, and as the ark rocks gently in new seas, the animals fall sound asleep. Then she tiptoes around, untangling necks and tails, wings and paws, until she too sleeps safely between the lion's paws. The story of Noah's ark braving the great flood for forty days and forty nights until the waters recede and life starts anew on land is beautifully told in an original text and magnificent paintings, which reflect Jan Brett's love of animals, great and small. Brett's intricate illustrations against a beautiful papyrus background make a stunning picture book of a favorite story--this time featuring Noah's granddaughter. Full color.