Using instructions from an intriguing, 3,700 year-old inscription, a team of historians and expert boat builders investigates a fascinating flood legend and sets out to rebuild a tantalizing, ancient forerunner of the Ark.

"Noah was a good man, and it was said that he walked with God. So Noah did what God said: He built a huge ark, took his whole family and two of every kind of animal in it, and he waited as the rain poured down for forty days and forty nights ..."--Provided by publisher

A retelling of the Ark story shares the whimsical adventures of a funny-looking misfit dog who trudges aboard Noah's lifeboat, inadvertently preventing it from sinking.

Mrs. Noah nurses injured birds and brings them on board the ark when the heavy rains come, saving a special mission for the doves.

Retells the biblical story of the great flood and how Noah and his family faithfully responded to God's call to save life on earth.

When God warns Noah that he will make it rain for forty days and forty nights, Noah builds the boat that will keep him, his family, and two of every animal in the world safe during the great storm.

Lionel and Dolores, a pair of eccentric, event-planning hedgehogs, team up with Noah for an unforgettable--and very well-organized--journey on the high seas.

"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 plans to leave behind! Meanwhile Mrs Noah gets out her sewing machine and makes a coat with very deep pockets. LOTS of pockets."--Page 4 of cover.

"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,...

"Zara and Noah have walked together with the Creator for their entire lives, and they have done their best in an increasingly wicked and defiant world to raise their three sons to follow in their footsteps. It has been a challenge--and it's about to get much, much harder. When the Creator tells her husband to build an ark to escape the coming wrath against the sins of humankind, Zara steps out with him in faith. But the derision and sabotage directed...