Noah’s Car Park Ark, by Paul Kerensa

22 June 2018

One of the colour illustrations by Liz and Kate Pope for the comedian Paul Kerensa’s Noah’s Car Park Ark, a rhymed retelling for children (“. . . Noah, such a wise old fella, Heard God’s voice say, ‘Go buy an umbrella!’”) (SPCK, £5.99 (£5.40); 978-0-281-07755-7). In the same style is Kerensa’s Moses and the Exodus Express (SPCK, £5.99 (£5.40); 978-0-281-07757-1)

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