The Real Story of the Flood

by Paul L. Maier, Robert T. Barrett (Illustrator)

In this picture book, scholar and author Paul L. Maier explains the Great Flood in a unique way. No myth or romanticized version, but the true story of mankind's second chance and our loving God's promise to preserve us for all time.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2008

About the author

Paul L. Maier was an American historian and novelist. He wrote several works of scholarly and popular non-fiction about Christianity and novels about Christian historians. He was the Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University, from which he retired in 2011, retaining the title of professor emeritus in the Department of History. He previously served as Third Vice President of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.

Reviews

[Karen Yoder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful paintings! Fresh words. First and second-graders laughed aloud at Paul's creative writing! Excellent read aloud to bring new perspectives to an old story.

[Annette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful pictures and well done, but definitely for old children (+7) because there is a lot of text on the pages. I like the realistic ark (I dislike the cutesie ones where there are animals hanging out the windows when trying to teach about this Biblical account.)