The flood is over - but while Mr Noah builds a house out of the ark, Mrs Noah creates a garden. Luckily her famous pockets contain seeds and she has some help from the children - and the creatures. Midsummer morning brings some very special surprises!

May 21, 2020 · On Midsummer’s Eve, Mrs. Noah sleeps in the garden, and the next morning, the children find a world in blossom, loud with bird song and buzzing bees. The text is thick with lush, lovely description and symbolic imagery of life and regeneration.

May 6, 2020 · "An exquisitely hopeful account of what might have happened when the ark touched land. Mayhew's glorious collage artwork combines with Morris's restrained text to show how bare rock and sparse vegetation can become a flourishing garden, nurturing all kinds of life."

Jul 21, 2020 · After the flood, Mrs Noah looks out across the landscape of her new home and realises she misses her garden. With the help of her children and magical creatures, she brings life to the land using plants from the ark and the seeds she has saved in her numerous pockets.

Now, with the Ark safely grounded, she gives herself a new task, to make a garden in the bare earth. The famously deep pockets hold flower and plant seeds, and with her children's help she...

May 21, 2020 · Mrs Noah's Garden is written by Jackie Morris illustrated by James Mayhew. The story is of post-biblical floods and the task of making the world a beautiful and harmonious place. The story sees Mrs Noah looking out at a muddy, barren landscape.

Inspired by the biblical tale of Noah’s Ark, the central character in this charming picture book is the strong, compassionate and quietly determined figure of Mrs Noah. Having safely loaded pairs of animals onto the ark and successfully navigated the flood waters, Mr …

Mrs Noah sits on the hill beside the ark. Filled with a homesickness that flows through her bones she decides to shape a garden, with the help of some of her many friends, and the children. Mr Noah is busy, turning the ark into a house.

May 21, 2020 · The terrific team that is Jackie Morris and James Mayhew have created a sequel to Mrs Noah’s Pockets that moves forward in time with the Noahs now safely aground high on a hill where Mr Noah is hard at work fashioning a home from their enormous ark.