

File Size: 1270 KB
Print Length: 33 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
Publisher: Thomas Nelson (May 17, 2009)
Publication Date: May 17, 2009
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishing
Language: English
ASIN: B004GKM6UW
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Not Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #1,296,150 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #202 in Books > Children's Books > Religions > Christianity > Noah's Ark #207 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Religions > Christianity > Bible > Stories #1071 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Children's Nonfiction > Religions

I was at a loss as how to review this children's book. Most children's books (clearly, this particular one is aimed for toddlers) are not considered to be 'high literature' - nor is this book claiming to be THE Bible. There are certain ways to present Bible stories to children that allow for some creative license - particularly in cheerful illustrations (and I suppose that could be a debate of its own!), but giving poetic license is on shaky ground when you're talking about Bible stories - and then putting words into the mouth of God that are not in the Bible - well, I don't know where to begin on where this is a problem.I don't have an issue with the story only citing that the animals went in 2 by 2 - even though some (the clean animals) were led in by sevens, not by pairs - it's not misleading in my opinion to not get into every level of minutia, but to ADD words/meaning/story is just dangerous territory. For this reason, this is not a book I would give to or read to my own children or any children for that matter, because it changes the character of both Noah and God - not to mention it is something totally unnecessary for the story.The premise of the book is in a nutshell, "how did Noah know how to build an ark?" As we know from the biblical account, rain did not occur on the earth until the flood - ship building was not exactly a high industry at the time - so how did Noah pull this off?I think the author gets caught up in trying to present the answers to this question in prose/rhyme as to go on a bunny trail that shouldn't be traversed.After God gives his instructions to Noah, to build the ark, the book has Noah asking how he is supposed to do this.
Washday on Noah's Ark: A Story of Noah's Ark According to Glen Rounds How Noah Knew What to Do Myths Busted! 3: Just When You Thought You Knew What You Knew National Geographic Kids Myths Busted! 2: Just When You Thought You Knew What You Knew . . . National Geographic Kids Myths Busted!: Just When You Thought You Knew What You Knew... Secret Stories of Walt Disney World: Things You Never Knew You Never Knew (Volume 1) Easy-to-Make Noah's Ark in Full Color (Models & Toys) My First Memory Match Game: Noah's Ark: 2 Games in 1 The Grand Canyon, Monument to an Ancient Earth: Can Noah's Flood Explain the Grand Canyon? Inside Noah's Ark The Beginner's Bible Noah and the Ark (I Can Read! / The Beginner's Bible) Noah's Ark (Little Golden Book) Guess Who? Noah's Ark: A Flip the Flap Book Noah's Ark 3-D Pop-ups All Aboard Noah's Ark! (A Chunky Book(R)) The Raven Tells His Side of the Story: Hey God, Can You Stop the Rain So I Can Get off Noah's Stinky, Smelly Ark? Noah's Ark Noah Primeval (Chronicles of the Nephilim) (Volume 1) Noah's Ark Bedford Hours 1000 Piece Puzzle (Pomegranate Artpiece Puzzle) Prayer for the Earth: The Story of Naamah, Noah's Wife