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32 pp.
| Dutton
| September, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-0-525-47827-0$17.99
(4)
K-3
Mixed-media illustrations--which range from arresting to sentimental--accompany this Creation story inspired by a sixteenth-century Midrash. After God creates the world, he makes humans to collect the powerful pieces of light that have escaped from a jar. As people gather the light, they help unify the world. Like the art, the text is sometimes uninspired, sometimes moving.
88 pp.
| Tundra
| September, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-88776-724-9$22.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
François Thisdale.
Ten loosely linked stories give voice to largely silent biblical women including Eve, Naamah, Sarah, Rachel, and Leah. Some are youthful and hopeful, others are aged and resigned, but all explore and expand thought-provoking questions about love and faith. Thisdale's digitally rendered art simultaneously emphasizes the traditional settings and examines the continuing resonance of the women.
104 pp.
| Clarion
| August, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-395-97825-4$$19.00
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Alexander Koshkin.
In this companion to Clouds of Glory, Chaikin limits her Midrashim to eighteen stories that trace the activity of God's angelic messengers on earth as they aid Moses after he has freed the Israelites. Blakean watercolors interpret the majesty of the celestial and the earthiness of the wilderness and its mountains. Comprehensive endnotes indicate what was drawn from the Bible and what from legend. Bib.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2002
3 reviews
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