What happens when you disobey God? This lush edition of the classic biblical story captures Jonah's watery world in jewel-toned illustrations by Stoop, who paints her incredible images directly on wood planks, each chosen specifically for its unique character. Perfect for parents and children to share, this book makes a beautiful companion to All Creatures Great and Small (9781402785818) and Noah 's Ark (9781402785498), also illustrated by Stoop.
There are 22 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Sterling Publishing Co Inc .
Illustrator Naoko Stoop now lives in New York, but was born and grew up in Japan. She is a self-taught artist who generally paints on brown paper bags and wood scraps. Naoko illustrated a board book edition of All Creatures Great and Small for Sterling in Spring 2012. Susan Collins Thoms is the author of Jonah and the Big Fish and Noah's Ark (both Sterling). Tinou le Joly Senoville creates editorial artwork for several international magazines, designs children's fashion textiles and educational games and illustrates books for children.
This book contains the following story:
Jonah and the Whale
Long ago there lived a man called Jonah. One day God spoke to him: 'Jonah you must go to Nineveh. The people there do bad things. You must tell them to mend their ways.' But Jonah didnt want to go to Nineveh, so he ran away and boarded a ship. God then raised a great storm as a sign of his anger with Jonah. The sailors, realizing that Jonah's disobedience had caused the storm, threw him overboard in an attempt to save their ship. God sent a whale to swallow Jonah and he lived for three days and three nights in the belly of the whale. Jonah was so grateful to God that he had saved him that he promised to do whatever God asked. God heard him and told the fish to spit Jonah out onto dry land. Then Jonah went to Ninenveh and preached to the people Gods message. The people believed the message and changed their ways and Nineveh was saved.
