![]() Though I was raised Episcopalian, as an adult I am not hugely religious, but still, you'd have to be dead of heart not to be moved by the telling of the story. When Noah finally releases the dove and it returns, Noah and his wife embrace on the deck, and in one of my favorite moments, Noah leans in to give a hungry cow the olive branch. As the flood waters rise, the animal dung builds, Noah visibly worries and tensions rise. A few pages later, the actual left-behind animals are leg deep in flood waters looking at the ark longingly. In a hoard of flies, Noah turns them all away except for the required two. On page two, we see all the animals gathering. From the beginning, it's obvious this isn't your usual ark story. A story told without words (except a reprint of a Dutch poem called "The Float" written in the 1600s by Jacobus Revius), the imagery is pretty hard core. ![]() It's awesome because it is Peter Spier and he is known for his realism, and more than any of his books, this one cuts right to the heart. ![]() As mentioned previously, you all know my son is an animal freak, so it comes with the territory that we would have to possess every Noah's Ark title we come in contact with. ![]()
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