The Creation

The Creation - James Weldon Johnson, illustrated by James E. Ransome
Coretta Scott King Award Winner
Holiday House
ISBN: 0-8234-1069-2

My rating: 4.5 out of 5

This book is actually an illustrated edition of a poem from Johnson's, "God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse." The poem itself is very well-done, plain spoken, and easy to understand. Even if you are not a "poetry person," you will enjoy reading this story, mainly because it does not feel like you are reading a poem that you cannot understand.

The illustrations are very rich, detailed, and beautiful. There are pages in the book that have no text that truly capture the reader's attention.

"The Creation" is a great book to use to introduce poetry to students, especially if they already have it in their minds that it is hard and something you cannot understand, because this book is the exact opposite.