Classics, Nonfiction, and Children's Literature
Naamah and the Ark at Night by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (illustrated by Holly Meade; Candlewick, 2011) captures the tradition of Noah and the flood by focusing on Noah’s wife in the evening calming the animals. Tradition suggests her name may have been “Naamah,” which means “great singer,” and Susan Campbell Bartoletti builds on that tradition by
I like how in Tomie De Paola’s Mother Goose, the author has included the lyrics for lullabies along with nursery rhymes in his classically illustrated Mother Goose book. There are often many short rhymes per page. Because there is no structural organization, it is somewhat confusing at times and I wished for thematic structure. But I
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