A Patch on the Peak of Ararat is a children's book by Gary Bower, with art by Barbara Chotiner, published in 2017. It is available at the Internet Archive.
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This is the story of Noah and the Ark retold in the style of "This is the House that Jack Built." The story starts at the end and works backwards: "This is the ark that proceeded to park on a patch on the peak of Ararat." I've always been surprised at the popularity of Noah's Ark as a children's story (I guess it's because of the animals?); anyway, as usual in children's versions of the story, the apocalyptic elements are gone, and you wouldn't actually know from the story that all the rest of the humans and the animals on the earth were drowned in the flood. Here is the whole story, which is told bit by bit, cumulatively:
This is The Book of God's promise to men,
a rainbow to say He won't do this again.
After the dove had brought Noah a twig,
and he joyfully jumped with a jangly jig
After the water had rained with the rush
of a deafening downpour and gurgling gush
And lifted the ark and each animal pair, the beasts
of the field and the birds of the air,
Who went through the door up the rackety ramp,
the animals climbed so they wouldn't get damp.
Built by three sons, hard-hammering guys,
who worked with their sweethearts while watching the skies,
And old Mr. Noah, a virtuous man, who carefully
followed God's carpentry plan
By building an ark that proceeded to park
on a patch on the peak of Ararat.
It would be fun to amplify this story by developing the animal part with the names, sounds, appearance, gaits, etc. of all the animals, as the book version says only "each animal pair, the beasts of the field and the birds of the air." Although they are not named in the story, there are some pairs of animals pictured in the book, as you can see:
This book is part of Gary Bower's 4-book series on Bible stories, The Faith that God Built. I'm sure there are many other Bible stories that could be retold in this style!
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