THE GENESIS OF IT ALL
Author: Luci Shaw
Illustrators: Sr. Huai-Kuang Miao and Sr. Mary Lane
ISBN: 1-55725-480-X
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Retail Price: $17.95
Reviewed by Christa, Age 15
The Genesis of it all is an exceptional book. This book is about how the first seven days were created by God, except in a more creative way. It makes you think of how God created our world we live in. I believe this is a book for all ages. I recommend this book.
Author: Luci Shaw
Illustrators: Sr. Huai-Kuang Miao and Sr. Mary Lane
ISBN: 1-55725-480-X
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Retail Price: $17.95
Reviewed by Christa, Age 15
The Genesis of it all is an exceptional book. This book is about how the first seven days were created by God, except in a more creative way. It makes you think of how God created our world we live in. I believe this is a book for all ages. I recommend this book.
Babamarusia's Review
In a larger-format storybook is a retelling of the creation story. My initial opinion after reading through the book is that the illustration on the cover and dustjacket (same) doesn't show how beautiful the pictures really are. There is something primitive in the these more contemporarily-rendered illustrations, and also something that is intriguing. I would view a page, and then catch myself going back because I thought I saw something more -- or did I? For example, pages 4 and 5 are a two-page illustration of God creating the "universes, galaxies, nebulae" and though I haven't any idea if intended by the artists, the two swirls on the page look to me to be babies in their first stage of life.
As God created out of a void, so go the illustrations from black and white to color. As the illustrations are obviously drawn to demonstrate the creation story, they are not child-like, and because of this they appeal to me at an adult age level at the same time as appealing to children at their level.
What I found unusual about the text in The Genesis of It All is the repetition of a thought that is very pertinent to today's way of thinking: that we were not there at the creation of all that is and didn't see it happening -- with the implied meaning being that God's creating is true without the eyewitness evidence. The story is laid out as the biblical acount is, with each day's creating being declared ... "This morning and evening was Day Three." I appreciate this, because the telling then is not only a Bible story, but also a biblical account from the Old Testament book of Genesis.
I recommend this book.
In a larger-format storybook is a retelling of the creation story. My initial opinion after reading through the book is that the illustration on the cover and dustjacket (same) doesn't show how beautiful the pictures really are. There is something primitive in the these more contemporarily-rendered illustrations, and also something that is intriguing. I would view a page, and then catch myself going back because I thought I saw something more -- or did I? For example, pages 4 and 5 are a two-page illustration of God creating the "universes, galaxies, nebulae" and though I haven't any idea if intended by the artists, the two swirls on the page look to me to be babies in their first stage of life.
As God created out of a void, so go the illustrations from black and white to color. As the illustrations are obviously drawn to demonstrate the creation story, they are not child-like, and because of this they appeal to me at an adult age level at the same time as appealing to children at their level.
What I found unusual about the text in The Genesis of It All is the repetition of a thought that is very pertinent to today's way of thinking: that we were not there at the creation of all that is and didn't see it happening -- with the implied meaning being that God's creating is true without the eyewitness evidence. The story is laid out as the biblical acount is, with each day's creating being declared ... "This morning and evening was Day Three." I appreciate this, because the telling then is not only a Bible story, but also a biblical account from the Old Testament book of Genesis.
I recommend this book.
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This book is available for sale at Quality Music and Books, 208 Central Avenue, Osseo, MN, 55369. Telephone: (763) 424 2425. email: mary.may@qualitymusicandbooks.com. Please allow 24 hours for pick-up.
This book is available for sale at Quality Music and Books, 208 Central Avenue, Osseo, MN, 55369. Telephone: (763) 424 2425. email: mary.may@qualitymusicandbooks.com. Please allow 24 hours for pick-up.
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