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By Zalben, Jane Breskin
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-52547-827-0
- Publisher
- Dutton Juvenile
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2007
Gr 1-4 Zalben's tale was inspired by a 16th-century midrash (a legend based on biblical text). Beginning with "emptiness, like a blank canvas," the Creator made the world and then planned to paint everything with a special light so that it would shine with goodness. The vessel in which the light was stored broke accidentally, sparks were scattered, and humans were created for the task of gathering the shards to make the world "complete and perfect," a project that has ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Mixed-media illustrations--which range from arresting to sentimental--accompany this Creation story inspired by a sixteenth-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
