![]() The pacing of the illustrations is varied, with the occasional large image filling a whole spread. Spread from Noah’s Ark illustrated by Peter Spier For instance Noah’s wife is so scared of the mice she has to jump up onto a basket, while Noah has trouble fending off the crows and yanking a reluctant donkey on board. ![]() Plenty of humour is packed into each image. Each is given distinctive characteristics and behaves in a manner true to its nature. All sizes of creature are covered, from the largest, such as elephants and giraffes, to the smallest, such as snails and worms. ![]() The story begins with Noah and his wife overseeing the animals being loaded onto the ark. Many have so much detail that it requires considerable concentration to ‘read’ them carefully to absorb each element of the picture, and there are often many hidden jokes to spot. ![]() In 60 three-syllable lines, it tells the biblical story of Noah’s Ark. This poem was translated from the Dutch by Peter Spier himself. Noah’s Ark, though mainly wordless, is prefaced by a seventeenth century poem called ‘The Flood’ by Jacobus Revius (1586-1658). Noah’s Ark – Wordless Books Wordless Books Noah’s Ark (1977) ![]()
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