Jonah and the Whale - Hardcover

Watts, Bernadette; Lanning, Rosemary; Watts, B

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 073581502X ISBN 13: 9780735815025

Publisher: NorthSouth, 2001

Synopsis

When Jonah refuses his Lord's request to spread the Word to the people in the corrupt city of Nineveh, he heads for the high seas where he is swept overboard by a storm and swallowed by a whale, in an adventurous tale about disobedience, punishment, forgiveness, and redemption.

About this title

About the Author:

Bernadette Watts has loved to draw since her childhood in England. She created her first picture book under the influence of Beatrix Potter. Watts studied at the Maidstone Art School in Kent and is the illustrator of North South fairy tales The Snow Queen and The Ugly Duckling.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3-Lanning's straightforward retelling of the Old Testament story includes Jonah's unsuccessful flight from God's command that he preach to the people of Nineveh. A violent storm at sea followed by three days inside a whale convinces him to accept the assignment. The book ends with the people's repentance that averts their impending doom. Unlike Mary Auld's The Story of Jonah (Watts, 1999) and Mordicai Gerstein's Jonah and the Two Great Fish (S & S, 1997; o.p.), Lanning's story does not include Jonah's displeasure at God's mercy or the lesson he learns from the growth and destruction of a sheltering vine. Consequently, this version might satisfy younger listeners wanting just the basic account. Watts's landscapes and seascapes are bright and use available white space well. The people are somewhat goggle-eyed and stiff, and not as interesting as the fish and other animals. If demand warrants another volume about Jonah, this one is worth considering.
Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: NorthSouth
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 073581502X
• ISBN 13: 9780735815025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32