What an extra­or­di­nary piece of paper engi­neer­ing this pop-up book is! The bib­li­cal sto­ry of Noah is told with a few midrashic embell­ish­ments, each pas­sage dom­i­nat­ed by stun­ning pop-up scenes: one large, spread­ing from the cen­ter of each dou­ble page lay­out and one small­er, on the upper right hand side. The art­work con­sists of bold col­ors and white out­lined shapes, mak­ing it uncom­mon­ly clear despite all the detail and three-dimen­sion­al activ­i­ty. Because of the motion obtain­able through pop-up art, Noah and his sons actu­al­ly ham­mer, birds fly, light­ning flash­es, and tigers roar. The intri­ca­cy of the work makes it del­i­cate so librar­i­ans will want to keep this off the shelves and use it instead for dis­plays or sto­ry­telling. It would make a love­ly, if ephemer­al, gift book, too. For preschool – age 8.