# Noah Builds an Ark - Hardcover

by **Kate Banks** (Author), **John Rocco** (Illustrator)

**A storm is coming -- a big one. How does a young urban boy prepare? A lovely allegorical story about ecology and caring inspired by the ancient tale of stewardship.**

While his family readies his townhouse for an approaching storm, boarding up windows and laying in groceries, Noah heads to the back garden, where beetles are burrowing deeper into the bark and mice are stuffing their hole with moss. Quickly and efficiently, Noah sets to work building an ark for them and other backyard creatures -- salamanders and toads, snakes and spiders, even brightly colored hummingbirds. Setting out fistfuls of nuts and leaves, berries and seeds, the boy props a flashlight inside and arranges some miniature furniture for the animals to sit or sleep on. "Come," Noah whispers to his friends just as his mother calls him inside and the dark storm roars in. From an award-winning author and a Caldecott Honoree comes a quietly inspiring story about how taking action on behalf of our fellow earth travelers can help us face fearsome events.

### Author Biography

**Kate Banks** (1960-2024) was the award-winning author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including _Lion Lullaby_, illustrated by Lauren Tobia, _Noah Builds an Ark_, illustrated by John Rocco, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner _And If the Moon Could Talk_, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben.

**John Rocco** is the coauthor of the young adult novel _Swim That Rock_ and the illustrator of many books, including Katherine and John Paterson's award-winning _The Flint Heart,_ of which _Bookpage_ said, "John Rocco's digitally colored pencil drawings provide a perfect complement, glowing with fairy light." John Rocco lives in Los Angeles.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 10.9 x 9.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 12, 2019

## Details

- **Price:** 16.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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