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PS
This simple book about environmental stewardship and renewal retains the spirit of the traditional Old Testament story. Noah lovingly plants and cares for trees that he intends as gifts for his sons. When God asks him to build an ark, however, Noah must use the trees for lumber. The hopeful ending has Noah boarding the ark with an armload of saplings. Le Tord's soft paintings are almost impressionistic in their depiction of a biblical world.
32 pp.
| Eerdmans
| October, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-8028-5184-3$$17.00
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K-3
A "celebration" of the post-impressionist painter, especially his later years at Nice on the French Riviera. Echoing Matisse's intense, balanced palette and his freely brushed black lines, Le Tord creates a series of vibrant illustrations that resemble Matisse's own work. The brief text is more whimsical than informative; still, this makes a creative, if elementary, introduction to one of the all-time greats. A partial list of museums showing Matisse's work is included.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2000
32 pp.
| Eerdmans
| January, 1998
|
TradeISBN 0-8028-5169-X
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YA
Explaining that Jesus used stories to teach his followers about God's love, Le Tord retells two of his parables, the "Parable of the Sower" and the "Parable of the Mustard Seed," in simple language. Delicate illustrations rendered in soft blues and yellows suit the gentle tone of a book promoting the lesson that "God's words are his little seeds."