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Publication
Boston : Little, Brown, c1993.
Description
A poem based on the story of creation from the first book of the Bible.
Awards
IBBY Honour Book (Illustration — 1996)
CCBC Choices (1994)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (11th Edition: 1993-1995)
Notable Children's Book (1995)
User reviews
LibraryThing member JackieKuhlman
The Creation is a free verse poetry book that uses an older African American, maybe a father or a grandpa, to retell how God everything from the Earth to the birds in the sky to the fish in the ocean. His description of everything is so beautiful, see if you can keep from being captivated.
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I know now days teachers must becareful not to push religion on students, but you could definitely use this book to show children how captivating free verse poetry is, and to encourage them to write a free verse to tell a story.
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Mr. Johnson tells this story is a awesome way to explain to kids just how big and powerful God is. I could really imagine the illustration becoming reality. This is a very southern and peaceful book.I know now days teachers must becareful not to push religion on students, but you could definitely use this book to show children how captivating free verse poetry is, and to encourage them to write a free verse to tell a story.
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LibraryThing member mmgomez1
I love the illustrations in the book. You can understand the story without reading the words. The illustration retell the story itself. This is a beatiful and colorful telling of the creation story from Genesis.
LibraryThing member mdrumgold
This story is just like the story told in the bible. Instead of it being just how God created the world, this story is told in poetic form and with pictures.
LibraryThing member MaryEttaJ
This was a great book as soon as I started reading I felt like I was reading the book of Genesis out of the bible. This would be a great book to explain to the younger generation for them to learn how the world was started.
LibraryThing member LindseyB12
This book tells the story of the creation of the world with a southern black country style. The illustrations gorgeously capture the details of the seven days of creation. This is great to introduce how stories get passed down from generation to generation.
LibraryThing member KMClark
An older African American man tells the story of the Creation of the world. Using language from the Bible in a poetic form, he explains to young children the days of creation. After each day, there is an accompanying beautiful picture to capture the good work that God has done. This would be a nice
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book to use with young children as they learn the book of Genesis. Show Less
LibraryThing member acahil3
Summary:
Johnson's poem is based on the story of creation which is one of the first books of the Bible.
Review:
Johnson does a good job in connecting religion and Bible stories to the genre of poetry.
Johnson's poem is based on the story of creation which is one of the first books of the Bible.
Review:
Johnson does a good job in connecting religion and Bible stories to the genre of poetry.
LibraryThing member Sullywriter
A wonderful poetic rendition of the Genesis creation story in this beautifully illustrated picture book.
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Physical description
27 cm
ISBN
0316467448 / 9780316467445