Mrs. Noah's Pockets (Mrs. Noah)

by Jackie Morris (Author) James Mayhew (Illustrator)

Mrs. Noah's Pockets (Mrs. Noah)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Mrs. Noah
At last all were gathered inside the ark. It heaved with animals, large and small. Mrs Noah wore a brand-new coat, with a hood and a cape - and very deep pockets. Lots of pockets. When Mr Noah builds the ark, he makes two lists - one for all the animals who will come on board and one for those troublesome creatures he will leave behind. Meanwhile, Mrs Noah gets out her sewing machine and makes a coat with very deep pockets. Lots of pockets.
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Mr. Noah sets out to build an ark--under no one's orders but his own--unaware that his wife is busy with her own plans. As rain pours down, "dark as a bruise, falling hard and fast," Mr. Noah thinks it a fine opportunity to "get rid of some of those more troublesome creatures." Mrs. Noah, meanwhile, breaks out her sewing machine. "How lovely," thinks Mr. Noah. "Mrs. Noah is making curtains for the windows of my ark." In reality, she's making a large, billowing coat "with a hood and a cape and very deep pockets." Mayhew tracks the drama of the flood in boldly colored, multi-textured collages, and Morris builds slow, beguiling suspense. What are the troublesome creatures? What is Mrs. Noah up to? And who or what is in her pockets? Finding out is worth the wait, and, in the final pages, mythical creatures--dragons, griffons, unicorns, and more--repopulate the newly dry landscape. Mrs. Noah may not get a name of her own, but she never wavers in her moral resolve, and her cleverness and compassion shine in this sly secular reimagining. Ages 5-up. (Mar.)

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Review quotes

"The beautiful, other-worldly illustrations by James Mayhew encapsulate the dreamlike feel of the story; they combine collage, shape and print-making to excellent effect. The lyrical text carries a significant message about our stewardship of the world."—Parents in Touch
Jackie Morris
JACKIE MORRIS is an author and illustrator, photographer and painter. She lives in a small house beside the sea in St. David's, Wales surrounded by animals. Her many books include the bestseller The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane (House of Anansi, 2018), for which she was awarded the 2019 Kate Greenaway Medal; Tell Me a Dragon; The Snow Leopard; The Wild Swans and Ted Hughes's How the Whale Became.

JAMES MAYHEW is an author, artist and storyteller whose books reflect his passionate advocacy of the arts for young children. His imaginative Katie series invites readers to step inside famous paintings, Ella Bella Ballerina explores classic ballets, and other works feature folk tales and stories from opera and Shakespeare. James Mayhew lives in Baldock, Hertfordshire.

Classification
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ISBN-13
9781910959091
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Publication date
June 03, 2018
Series
Mrs. Noah
BISAC categories
JUV012030 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | General
JUV002270 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical
Library of Congress categories
Noah's ark
Coats

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