Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark
Written and Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
2002

Jerry Pinkney tells the familiar story of Noah's ark, but he does so with extremely detailed illustrations. We read about God's request that Noah build an ark out of cypress wood, and fill it with two of each creature and food for the animals and his family. Noah and his family begin to build the ark on the top of a mountain which strikes others as strange, but they don't know what Noah knows. The detail of the pictures, combined with the familiar story, allows the reader to have a good understanding of what's happening without even looking at the text itself. The illustrations are so intricate that you can clearly see the facial expressions on the faces of the characters.