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Candlewick (2011), Edition: First Edition, 32 pages
Description
Naamah is the wife of Noah, and her name means great singer. For 40 days and 40 nights, as the Ark tosses on the storm-wracked seas, Naamah sings to the animals.
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LibraryThing member debnance
Naamah is Noah’s wife and the ark is underway. Every night, Naamah sings to the animals on the ark to keep them calm. The author wrote the text of this book in an old Arabic poetic form called a ghazal.
“As rain falls over the ark at night,
As water swirls in the dark of night,
As thunder crashes
As Noah tosses in dreams of night,
As restless animals prowl at night,
As they pace and roar and growl at night,
Naamah sings all through the night.”
“As rain falls over the ark at night,
As water swirls in the dark of night,
As thunder crashes
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the seams of night,As Noah tosses in dreams of night,
As restless animals prowl at night,
As they pace and roar and growl at night,
Naamah sings all through the night.”
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LibraryThing member alyson
The form of the poetry has a very soothing effect and I love the illustrations - especially the silhouette of the giraffes. Naamah herself is terrific.
LibraryThing member malydon
Characters: Naanah, Noah, his sons and their wives, and the animals on Noah’s ark
Setting: Noah’s ark out on the ocean
Theme: Taking care of others
Genre: Picture book
Golden quote (optional): “Naamah sings all through the night.”
Summary: While Noah guides the ark for forty days and forty
Audience: Pre-school through lower elementary ages
Curriculum ties: Music, community
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Personal response: The illustrations of this book are beautiful. The author calls the book a lullaby and I can see why. Each set of pages contains rhymes and the words are designed to be calming when read. I colors are vibrant and the pictures almost look like collage. I can see reading this to small children as a bedtime story. A very nicely done picture book.
Setting: Noah’s ark out on the ocean
Theme: Taking care of others
Genre: Picture book
Golden quote (optional): “Naamah sings all through the night.”
Summary: While Noah guides the ark for forty days and forty
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nights, he does need to sleep at night. However, the animals have a different thought and keep him awake. The animals are restless and Naamah (Noah’s wife) does her best to calm the beasts through singing and stroking their bodies. She even calms Noah’s sons and wives into sleep. All through the night she sings throughout the ark to get everyone and everything to sleep. Audience: Pre-school through lower elementary ages
Curriculum ties: Music, community
Awards (optional):
Personal response: The illustrations of this book are beautiful. The author calls the book a lullaby and I can see why. Each set of pages contains rhymes and the words are designed to be calming when read. I colors are vibrant and the pictures almost look like collage. I can see reading this to small children as a bedtime story. A very nicely done picture book.
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LibraryThing member STBA
Using an extremely disciplined poetry form, Bartoletti crafts a lullaby about Naamah, Noah’s wife, calming the animals at night with her singing. Meade’s lush, dramatic artwork brings the inhabitants of the ark to life.
LibraryThing member Sullywriter
Lovely lullaby based on the Noah's Ark story beautifully illustrated in collage art.
LibraryThing member dukefan86
What a lovely picture book! The illustrations are beautiful, and I liked hearing the flood story from a different perspective.
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Picture Books — 2011)
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
Charlotte Zolotow Award (Honor Book — 2012)
Mind the Gap Awards (2012)
CCBC Choices (2012)
Notable Children's Book (2012)
Language
Original language
English
Other editions
Naamah and the Ark at Night (copy 2) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Hardcover)