Figures in language Book

This free verse poetry book is one that captures the reader's attention in the aspect of telling God's story of his creations. The way James Weldon Johnson sets the setting consists of a man sitting down by a shade tree, with children gathered around to learn a valuable lesson about the creation of the Earth. His way of intriguing the children/reader is by writing the story in a fascinating form if God making the Earth a place of "light" or "hope". One part of the book that exemplifies this tone was when Johnson described God creating the living creatures of the word: "And quicker than God could Drop His hand, Fishes and fowls and beasts and birds Swam the rivers and the seas, Roamed the forests and the woods, And split the air with their wings, and God said, 'That's Good!'". The illustrations of the book also creates a wonderful image of the beauty of the Earth, obtained from the poetry of the book. Pictures of the mountains, grassy lands, creeks flowing, and many more depictions of "The Creation", all demonstrate the purity of the Earth. Recommended for children grades 3-5.