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Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book

Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator) , Helen Dean Fish (Editor)

Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator) , Helen Dean Fish (Editor) Dorothy Lathrop's Animals of the Bible won the very first when it was originally published in 1937. Now, in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of this prestigious medal and its first recipient, comes this special deluxe edition of Lathrop's award-winning collection of some of the Bible's most extraordinary animals. Thirty richly detailed black-and-white drawings illustrate the favorite stories of the Creation, Noah's Ark, the first Christmas, and many others. A glorious tribute to a great tradition in children's literature, this special anniversary edition will be a keepsake to treasure for years to come.

Animals of the Bible: A Picture Book Details

Date : Published 1997 by HarperCollins (first published 1937) ISBN : 9780397315369 Author : Dorothy P. Lathrop (Illustrator) , Helen Dean Fish (Editor) Format : Hardcover 72 pages Genre : Childrens, Picture Books, Animals, Religion

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Allison says

It was an intriguing experience to read the very first Caldecott Medal winning title. Why did the committee choose this one? What else was published that year? I feel like the Caldecott Medal has evolved a great deal since this first winner. I was surprised at how static the illustrations seemed in this book-- most are contained in rectangles, and only a couple span two pages. There is no interaction with the text at all. On the other hand, I can see how these illustrations might have caught the eye of the committee. They're beautifully stylized with an Art Deco feel, especially in the human figures, and I can see the influence of Japanese prints in the composition and use of negative space in many of the illustrations.

I think my favorite is the illustration that accompanies "As a Hen Gatherth Her Chickens." "God's Care of the Animals" also stands out to me.

Sarah Leesman says

I teach at a Catholic school so this book was a great choice for me. The pictures in this book are amazing and full of detail. I did not think that my students would be very interested in the pictures because they were not in color but the illustrator really brings depth and interest to the pictures through shading and detail. This book is broken up into stories from both the old and new testaments. The stories are placed chronologically the way that they would be found in the Bible. The author also tells us where we can find these stories in the Bible.

Laura says

This was the first book to receive the Randolph Caldecott Medal. It was published in 1937 and awarded in 1938. Historically speaking, this book speaks for the time period that it was written during and I don't doubt its specialness that it carried at that time. The text is straight out of the King James version Bible. It has thirty-one animals, pulled from various passages of scripture, with black and white pictures to accompany the biblical references. Although I don't feel that this is a book that has stood the test of time, it has been interesting to view it with a historical mindset. I must admit though, I was a tad shocked at the illustration that exposed a nude breasted Eve!

Note: I loved how this book won the Caldecott Medal and it's basically just a book with passages from the Bible. The Bible always has and will be the most precious book to own and read. Unfortunately, I think the book's illustrations are it's weakness when viewed with a contemporary eye.

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Book Concierge says

This was the very first book to be awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the “most distinguished American picture book for children.”

Dorothy Lathrop’s black and white illustrations are wonderful. It is clear that she has experience drawing animals from real life. From the creation to Noah’s Ark, Daniel in the lion’s den, and on to the new testament, the drawings are detailed and life-like. Lathrop also took pains to include accurate depictions of the flora of the area depicted.

So why only one star?

The book was conceived and planned by Helen Dean Fish, who selected the texts used from the King James Bible. In some cases, the animal is but a small mention in the text (Abraham’s Ram or Jonah and the Great Fish). She did nothing to write these as child-friendly stories. I cannot imagine a child sitting still for any of these verses. If I needed a child’s picture book of Bible stories, I’d pick a different book.

That’s really a pity, because Lathrup’s drawings are magnificent. I’d rate the illustrations 5***** - but I still wouldn’t recommend the book.

Paul says

This is the first book to win the Caldecott, awarded in 1938. It's interesting to see how the illustrated-book genre evolved from this point. This is certainly an illustrated book, but not of a story, since Animals of the Bible depicts selected Old and New Testament passages of the Bible that include or focus on an animal - that's the most innovative and compelling aspect. The book probably won't work with young children, especially since it uses the King James Version; if that translation is not an obstacle however, this may work as an alternate Bible story book. Lathrop's animals are well drawn and fell alive and full of motion and expression - the ram caught in the thicket at the time Abraham nearly sacrificed his son is one of the book's best. Her people don't fare so well - they are a bit stiff and two-dimensional, almost lifeless (some remind me of Erte's art deco style), which makes for an odd juxtaposition with the animals and flora - the sacrifice of Isaac doesn't fit this though, as his body and face express all the tension of the moment. 2.7 stars.

Scott Pagel says

1.5 stars if rated without consideration to the time when it was published. 3 stars if I imagine myself as a child reading this book in 1937.

I was pleased to find the very first Caldecott Medal winner in our library. The illustrations are accompanied by several passages from the King James Version of the Bible that mention animals. The selected passages are, for the most part, a good selection, but modern translations of the Bible are much more readable and understandable by children and adults alike. The black and white illustrations are interesting to me. The animals’ bodies, fur, horns, whiskers, etc have some nice detail and structure but their faces and eyes seem strangely human-like. The humans are all drawn as “Greek deities” with perfectly shaped bodies and faces. While the book would not hold up to scrutiny today, the illustrations are wonderful for the time in which

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Kat says

This book pointed out animals I forgot about. Lovely pictures.

Kristin says

With over 30 stories from the New and Old Testament of the Bible, these stories touch on Creation, Noah's Ark, Christmas and many more. While I agree with the beliefs from this book, I don't think I would use this book to tell these stories.

This was probably my least favorite picture book that I have read from Caldecott winners as there were no colors and the illustrations seemed dull because of it. While I appreciated the drawings, it did not captivate me because of the lack of color. Similar to my generations’ reaction towards black and white movies, children would have similar responses to this book. There is a lack of consistency amongst images and the amount of text making it frustrating to go through. The picture book is large enough to be read in sections; however, there are not clear sections of division. Readers see illustrations for the next section while some sections have none.

Calista says

Hmmm. I would say, read this book if you want to read all the Caldecott medal books. Otherwise, let this book rest in the past. It is only to be recognized as part of this medal process.

The book uses pages of text to tell bible story in the King James version. The pictures are black and white which is fine. The drawings are very beautiful and well done, but they are almost like what a picture can take with a little of the artists imagination in there. The pictures were enjoyable. It felt like they slapped some bible text up on the page that has something to do with an animal and then they gave the picture of an animal.

The text was so old, after looking through this, I didn't even show it to the kids. The first Caldecott medal didn't hold up to time very well. That makes me wonder about the stuff I love in my generation, will it stand up to time and bore future listeners/readers/watchers to death in the future. Probably - maybe - hopefully not.

I'm still glad I'm reading all the Caldecott and going back through history to see and understand how they thought. I will continue on through this year.

Robert Davis says

A real low point for the Caldecott Award. If I was not determined to read every Caldecott Medal winner, I would certainly not give any attention to this book. I will give credit to Dorothy Lathrop for her fine

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I find it interesting that Helen Dean Fish had two Caldecott winners in the inaugural year (Honor and Medal) in which she simply collected biblical verse and nursery rhymes without any original text. It seems like she was simply riding on the coattails of superior illustrators work and taking credit for it.

Considering this is a book meant for children, a simpler biblical translation would have been more appropriate, rather than the dry king James version. I suppose that would have been too much to ask for in 1937.

Shannon says

Updated: at the time it was written, this must have been a magnificent book. It provides insight into the American Library Association's commitment to picture books that can be read and reread with new enjoyment each time.

2010: This was the first book to win the Caldecott, and within a year, the next winner () was significantly better. Animals are cool, the bible is cool, but this book is unimpressive. In other news, children's books must have sucked in 1937 if this is the best of the best.

Aidan says

There are no colors in the book other than on the outside front and back cover, which I think would take away from the books appeal. This book has a different topic on each page. That topic consists of all different animals. Each page, a new animal is introduced to the ongoing story. The story, are different passages in the bible. I did not care much for this book. It was definitely interesting and would be a good book for children to read or have read to but only a couple animals at a time. I think this book had a lot going on at once, lots of information for one sitting. I could barely get through it. The illustrations could use some work. I think that overall, this book would be good spread out over a few reading sessions but it was just too much and hard to continue with while reading it in one go.

Kristine Hansen says

This book must, MUST be looked at in historical concept to give a fair review.

By today's standards we're not impressed with the text (of which there feels to be too much, in archaic language no less) and the lack of color on the pages. We've been spoiled by modern printing practices I fear. And also, the ease of which various Bible translations abound to make God's word easier to understand.

This book was first printed in 1937. The nation is still in the Great Depression. In fact, it's been going on long enough that we have to consider the sheer miracle that there were still children's picture books being printed. At this time there were too ways the publisher could have gone with this book. The first was to do color - lavish and beautiful - for a very very small audience who could afford that. OR, they could go black and white and make this book cheaply so that it would be accessible by a wider range of people. Given the

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That said - the style? The animals were beautiful. The illustrator has a fine hand with birds especially, but the detail is amazing. Sadly the skill does not extend to the humans who look flat and strange. For this I'm dropping a star because I truly do wish they could have found an illustrator who could have done both.

Also, the Bible verses chosen feel like too much taken out of context. We get random verses that come out of nowhere and only offer up an animal reference for common ground. The reason I'm not taking a star here is because there again, look at this historically. The majority of households were very Christian at this time. Children would have been attending church weekly (more than one service was common) and so hearing scriptures read in this exact way since they were born. With the familiarity of the text there's no need to give more context - this is familiar ground. The point here is to give enough which for the time period I feel it did.

My last point is that I've seen in the reviews many complaints over the archaic language. I dug around a little and found out that there really wasn't a lot of choice in English version of the Bible at this time. In fact, the NIV which is the one we're most familiar with (though the NASB and a handful of other translations are equally well used) wasn't even started until 1954. So if you wanted Bible verses, you had King James. Period. Yes, there were some other translations but they weren't in wide use at the time, and licensing might have restricted their use (even today you can't use the NASB without paying huge royalties to the publisher for the privilege). So this text is what was available.

For the modern reader this is a difficult book to like. Was it a good choice for the Caldecott? Not knowing what it was up against it's hard to say. But given the time period and the limitations of that time period, I would declare this a fine book that filled a need in a way that the most people could enjoy. Maybe for that alone it's worth the medal.

Kathryn says

Along with the Children's Book Group, I am reading through the Caldecott winners beginning with the first winner, Animals of the Bible. I was surprised to find that the illustrations are black and white drawings! It's striking though I admit I felt a little disappointed. I'm not sure if it's just the printing I have, but a few of the illustrations looked a little "blown out" like there was a bit of fading or something. For example, "Balaam's Ass", the angel looks rather fadeded in places, the wings don't have a lot of detail, etc. I'm not sure if this is intentional.

The art (it really feels like art) is quite beautiful, and it is clear that Lathrop knew animals well--they are quite realistically portrayed. This is such a contrast from many of the picture books of today that are not only very colorful but also often more fanciful in their interpretation of animals.

I'm not sure how much the art would appeal to children of today, but I could definitely appreciate the work. I am reminded of books and how Laura was always so interested in looking at the illustrations in Pa's book of animals. I imagine that especially for children of yesteryear, many of whom would never see these animals move on the big or small screen, let alone get to see them in person, it would be very exciting to see them represented in these illustrations.

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Abby says

The first Caldecott winner is a series of drawings depicting (what do you know!) animals of the Bible, alongside sections of text from the King James translation. The illustrations are black and white, with a simple beauty and elegance. The animals are darling, and there were several pictures that I would not mind having prints of, like Eve with the Serpent, or the behemoth, or Rebekkah watering the camels. The composition of each illustration is very good--each one could hold its own on a gallery wall.

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