Noah's Ark (Spier book)

Noah's Ark
Front cover of unknown edition
Author	Peter Spier
Illustrator	Peter Spier
Cover artist	Peter Spier
Language	English
Genre	Children's picture book
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1977
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	46 pp
ISBN	0-385-12730-8
OCLC	2524624
Dewey Decimal	222/.1109505
LC Class	BS1238.N6 S64

Noah's Ark is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Peter Spier, first published by Doubleday in 1977. The text includes Spier's translation of "The Flood" by Jacobus Revius, a 17th-century poem telling the Bible story of Noah's Ark. According to Kirkus Reviews, the poem comprises sixty three-syllable lines such as "Pair by pair" (in translation). "Without revising or even enlarging on the old story, Spier fills it in, delightfully."^[1] In a retrospective essay about the Caldecott Medal-winning books from 1976 to 1985, Barbara Bader described the book as "at once elaborate and feeble" and Revius' poem as "neither particularly suited to children nor eloquent in itself."^[2]

For Noah's Ark Spier won the 1978 Caldecott Medal for illustration^[3] and the 1982 National Book Award for Children's Books in category Picture Books (paperback).^[4]^[a]

Notes

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^ Picture books were separately recognized for only two years in National Book Awards history, paperbacks for four years. Most of the paperback award-winners were reprints.

References

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^ "Noah's Ark (Book) by Peter Spier, Jacob Revius". Google product presentation with quotation from Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
^ Bader, Barbara (1986). "The Caldecott Spectrum". In Kingman, Lee (ed.). Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1976-1985. Boston: The Horn Book, Incorporated. pp. 288–289. ISBN 0-87675-004-8.
^ "Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
^ "National Book Awards – 1982". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-22.

Awards
Preceded by Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions	Caldecott Medal recipient 1978	Succeeded by The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Noah's Ark

Theology

Source	Genesis flood narrative in the Book of Genesis
Characters	Noah Shem Ham Japheth Wives aboard Noah's Ark
Related	Book of Noah Generations of Noah Gopher wood Noah's wine Seven Laws of Noah

Media

Television	Captain Noah and His Magical Ark (1967) "Noah's Ark" (1992) Noah's Island (1997) Noah's Ark (1999) VeggieTales: Noah's Ark (2015) The Ark (2015)
Film	Noah's Ark (1928) Father Noah's Ark (1933) The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé (1983) La Biblia en pasta (1984) Angel's Egg (1985) Stowaways on the Ark (1988) Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994) Noah (1998) Fantasia 2000 (1999) Raining Cats and Frogs (2003) Noah's Ark (2007) Evan Almighty (2007) 40 Days and Nights (2012) Noah (2014) Ooops! Noah Is Gone... (2015) Noah's Ark (2024) The Ark and the Aardvark (TBA)
Stage	The Flowering Peach (1954 play) Two by Two (1970 musical)
Opera	Il diluvio universale (1830) Le Déluge (1875) Noé (1885) Noye's Fludde (1958) The Flood (1962)
Paintings	Scenes from the Life of Noah (1436-1440) Noah's Ark (17th century) The Return of the Dove to the Ark (1851) After the Deluge (1891) Genesis (1960)
Songs	Die Sintflut "The Unicorn" (1968) "Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo" (1970) "The Prophet's Song" (1975) "Animals" (1980) "Forever Not Yours" (2002)
Games	Noah's Ark (1992) Super 3D Noah's Ark (1994) Noah's Ark (2002)
Literature	Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (1948) The Moon in the Cloud (1969) Noah's Ark (1977) Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984) Noah's Brother (1985) Many Waters (1986) Noah's Ark (2002) Not the End of the World (2004) Ararat (2017)

Other cultures

Science

v t e Caldecott Medal–winning works
1938–1950	Animals of the Bible (1938) Mei Li (1939) Abraham Lincoln (1940) They Were Strong and Good (1941) Make Way for Ducklings (1942) The Little House (1943) Many Moons (1944) Prayer for a Child (1945) The Rooster Crows (1946) The Little Island (1947) White Snow, Bright Snow (1948) The Big Snow (1949) Song of the Swallows (1950)
1951–1975	The Egg Tree (1951) Finders Keepers (1952) The Biggest Bear (1953) Madeline's Rescue (1954) Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper (1955) Frog Went A-Courtin' (1956) A Tree Is Nice (1957) Time of Wonder (1958) Chanticleer and the Fox (1959) Nine Days to Christmas (1960) Baboushka and the Three Kings (1961) Once a Mouse (1962) The Snowy Day (1963) Where the Wild Things Are (1964) May I Bring a Friend? (1965) Always Room for One More (1966) Sam, Bangs & Moonshine (1967) Drummer Hoff (1968) The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1969) Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1970) A Story, a Story (1971) One Fine Day (1972) The Funny Little Woman (1973) Duffy and the Devil (1974) Arrow to the Sun (1975)
1976–2000	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1976) Ashanti to Zulu (1977) Noah's Ark (1978) The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (1979) Ox-Cart Man (1980) Fables (1981) Jumanji (1982) Shadow (1983) The Glorious Flight (1984) Saint George and the Dragon (1985) The Polar Express (1986) Hey, Al (1987) Owl Moon (1988) Song and Dance Man (1989) Lon Po Po (1990) Black and White (1991) Tuesday (1992) Mirette on the High Wire (1993) Grandfather's Journey (1994) Smoky Night (1995) Officer Buckle and Gloria (1996) Golem (1997) Rapunzel (1998) Snowflake Bentley (1999) Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (2000)
2001–present	So You Want to Be President? (2001) The Three Pigs (2002) My Friend Rabbit (2003) The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2004) Kitten's First Full Moon (2005) The Hello, Goodbye Window (2006) Flotsam (2007) The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2008) The House in the Night (2009) The Lion & the Mouse (2010) A Sick Day for Amos McGee (2011) A Ball for Daisy (2012) This is Not My Hat (2013) Locomotive (2014) The Adventures of Beekle (2015) Finding Winnie (2016) Radiant Child (2017) Wolf in the Snow (2018) Hello Lighthouse (2019) The Undefeated (2020) We Are Water Protectors (2021) Watercress (2022) Hot Dog (2023) Big (2024)

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