Noah's Ark

Caldecott Medal Winner

Peter Spier

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English

Bantam Doubleday Dell
01 August 1992

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Bibles & bible stories (Children's&YA)

★ Caldecott Medal Winner★

""The book is a triumph, the definitive Noah's Ark.""-Publishers Weekly

Winner of theCaldecott Medal, an ALA Notable Children's Book, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Peter Spier's Noah's Ark has been the iconic edition of this tale for over 40 years, in print continuously since its debut in 1977.

In Spier's imaginative retelling, readers witness the danger and the grandeur of the terrifying flood but also the lighter moments- Noah's wife jumping on a crate to avoid the rats; Noah shooing all but two bees from a busy hive; and all the animal babies being born in the spring. It's an illustration feat that's both majestic and tender.

By: Peter Spier
Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 260mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 187g
ISBN: 9780440406938
ISBN 10: 0440406935
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 01 August 1992
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PETER SPIERwas one of America's most popular and renowned children's illustrators. His books, acclaimed by critics and readers alike, won numerous awards and honors-Noah's Arkwon the Caldecott Medal andThe Fox Went Out on a Chilly Nightis a Caldecott Honor Book. His bookPeoplewas awarded the Christopher medal, was nominated for an American Book Award, and received the National Mass Media Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews for ""outstanding contributions to better human relations and the cause of brotherhood."" Spier was born and educated in Amsterdam. Before coming to the United States he served in the Royal Dutch Navy. He illustrated more than 100 books and was also an avid and celebrated builder of model ships. Peter Spier died in 2017 at the age of 89.

Reviews for Noah's Ark: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

. . . Creatures all,/ Large and small,/Good and mean,/Foul and clean,/Fierce and tame,/In they came,/Pair by pair,/ Gross and fair. . . . Perhaps so as not to break the rhythm, perhaps in order not to distract from the pore-over-able watercolors, Spier confines all 60 three-syllable lines of this neat little 17th-century Dutch rhyme ( The Flood, by Jacobus Revius) to an opening page, then settles down to tell the familiar story in pictures. There is quiet diversion aplenty in Spier's throwaway detail - Noah admitting two bees and brushing away swarms of others; the branch that the dove brings back being fed to the cow; a whole gangplank of rabbits disembarking though only two began the voyage - and it's seen from a variety of viewing points: a scene of marching underbellies complete with smaller hitchhikers and fellow passengers, a sad rear view of those left behind, a wide one of chores being done on the busy floating barn. Without revising or even enlarging on the old story, Spier fills it in, delightfully. (Kirkus Reviews)