Moses in the Bulrushes

Summary:
The king of the Egypt alarmed people of Israel are dangerous to this country so he decreed all boy babies born to Hebrew women should be killed. Then there was a Hebrew family which the mother born a new baby boy and she wanted to protect him. So she made a little ark of bulrushes to put the baby in after three month. The baby was hid in the ark and rushed by the river edge and the baby's sister stood a little way off to see what would happen to the baby. A daughter of the king found that baby and took a pity on him. Then the baby's sister came to her and told her she could find a nurse for that baby. Then the baby's real mother became his nurse until he grew up and she brought him back to the king's daughter and she adopted him show more as her son. The boy was given a name as "Moses", who grew to be a man to led the children of Israel out of Egypt. Moses was a man of God and lived to be 120 years old.

Genre:
This book is a non-fiction biography book. It talks about the history of Moses, a famous person in the bible. Everything in this book was based on the bible story which happened thousand years ago.

Critiques:
1. This is good book to know about bible history. The book is in a clear and elegant language style to tell the story of Moses. As a biography, this book is not boring at all with the nice plot.
2. The illustration of this book id in color pencil, which makes the texture of the book very soft.
3.It will be suitable for pre-school students to read and listened.

Comments in use:
It's a good book for reading aloud.
Before read this book, teacher can ask students discuss about what they have heard about Moses since they might have known this story before from their parents. show less

Moses in the Bulrushes is a historical picture book, which gives us a story about Moses who is a disciple of God. This story is from Bible and tells the whole life of Moses who was born in a poor family and his mother tried to protect he and finally he is luckily found by Egypt princess and adopted by she. When Moses grew up, he became a man of God and rescued the child of Israel.
The arts in this book are pencil and water-colored, which give a vivid story from Bible to Children.
Usage: I will use this book for primary 3-5 grade students and teach them a story from Bible, which can let them know more about Christian history.