A Book Review: Noah - A Wordless Picture Book by Mark Ludy
- thenerdyhammy
- Apr 3
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 3
Ages: 1 - 8
Description: Picture Book
Grade Level: Preschool+
Pages: 64
Published: 2014
Time Period: Antediluvian
Blurb:
"A hundred years before the Great Flood, a man named Noah came home talking crazy.
God wanted him to build the biggest ship the world had ever seen. The future of humanity depended on it. How would his wife respond? What would the neighbors think? Was it even feasible?" (description on book cover)
Review:
This wordless picture book is a gorgeous re-telling of Noah and the Great Flood. The illustrations are imaginative, dramatic, and masterfully capture the emotion and action of these events. The book seems to stick closely to the Biblical account.
That being said, the book may require the reader to have prior knowledge of the Great Flood. I personally found that much could be understood by reading the book alone, but re-reading the account in the Bible might be a good refresher. If you're reading this to kids, why not narrate as you slowly flip through the pages? As a child, a Sabbath school teacher did this with another wordless Bible picture book and I enjoyed it immensely.
If you or your kids enjoy comics (or just beautiful art in general!), this book is perfect for sharing the account of Noah and the Great Flood.
Related Resources:
Here are a couple of drawing tutorials from Mei Yu (formerly known as Fun2Draw) that could be paired with this book:
Kawaii Rainbow Cloud (note: promotional material near the end for the artist’s drawing apps is no longer available)
Kawaii Dove (with an olive branch in its mouth)
You can find videos, activities, crafts and more that relate to this book on our Pinterest board below!
Content in Summary:
There is a small background illustration of a holdup. Some of the illustrations also contain intense and violent scenes related to the Biblical floodwaters.
Content in Detail:
Violence or Harm
One of the beginning illustrations shows a character in the background being held up at knife point - the blade pressed to his throat.
When the geysers burst from the Earth, people partying are thrown in every direction while others stare in horror.
As water fills the Earth, a few people can be seen drowning. One illustration shows a man flailing and calling to the ark while another, dead, is sinking. In another illustration, a man clings to a broken tree trunk and looks up at a giant wave coming to crash down.
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