There's contrast measured not just in starkness of seasons, but in facial expression and the kinds of movements made in different worlds. It's this kind of thoughtful presentation that will urge children to think, imagine and understand myth. Cynthia Rylant tells a creation story that is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. The Dreamer , illustrated by Barry Moser, tells of an artistic creator, moved to fashion a world based on his musings. This book might have fallen flat without the artistry of both writer and illustrator who put into pictures and prose the very miracle they describe.
Man is sometimes over serious when trying to explain the workings of the world.
He pictures Noah, hammering away at the ark, all the time recommending his friends move to higher places or take the swimming lessons they've been putting off. He poetically describes the partnership between God and Adam. Gellman interjects humor, humanness, wit, and wondering into stories told for centuries without ever losing a sense of respect and honor. This year we've taken amazing spiritual book journeys through an astounding number of new children's books. The Illustrated Children's Bible and The Illustrated Children's Old Testament .