David and Goliath retells the story of the famous battle between the boy David, armed only with a sling, and the fearsome warrior Goliath, clad in bronze armour and giant-like in size.'
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .
Mary Auld is an editor and writer of chidren's non-fiction. Her work for Franklin Watts includes Meet the Family. She lives and works in London. Mary Auld studied English at London University, before becoming an editor of children's books, editing and writing both fiction and non-fiction. This is her first series for Franklin Watts. Diana Mayo is a young illustrator with a rising reputation. She studied illustration at Kingston University. Diana has produced illustrations for books of Myths and Legends for Franklin Watts and Barefoot Books.
This book contains the following story:
David and Goliath
In the battle between Saul and the Israelites in the Philistines, the mighty Goliath challenges the Israelites to provide a warrier for single combat. David accepts the challenge for Saul, and armed with his only his sling takes out the warrior with one stone from his sling.