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Stewig, John Warren

The Animals Watched: An Alphabet Book

32 pp. | Holiday | September, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-1906-7 $16.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. Stewig cleverly incorporates an animal alphabet into this Noah's Ark retelling in which biblical details abound. A repetitive pattern adds a pleasing cadence to the text. Litzinger's forms bespeak the heroic with their bulk, the simplicity of their rendering, and their placement close to the picture plane. The story's creative telling and attractive format recommend it to a wide audience.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2007