A beautiful cloth-bound gift edition of the best-known Old Testament stories retold with clarity and empathy by Enid Blyton, the world's best-loved storyteller.

'For the child in all of us, however old we are, this book is a real treasure' - from the introduction by Pam Rhodes.

The stories previously appeared in magazines and anthologies from the 40s and 60s. This collection contains the original texts, black and white illustrations and the following stories:

Adam and Eve in the Beautiful Garden
Noah's Ark
Joseph's Amazing Journey
The Baby in the Bulrushes
Moses and the Burning Bush
A Path through the Sea
Bread from the Sky
Samson, the Strong Giant
Gideon, the Brave Soldier
Daniel in the Lion's Den
The Little Slave Girl
David, the Shepherd Boy
The Giant, Goliath

This book features in the following series: Bible Stories, Bumper Short Story Collections .

There are 144 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Sam Loman studied Illustration at the academy of arts in Rotterdam. Since then she has expanded her creative skills to include graphic design, photography, product design and writing children's and non-fiction books. She lives in Rijswijk, Netherlands. Enid Blyton was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into 90 languages. As of June 2019, Blyton held 4th place for the most translated author. She wrote on a wide range of topics, including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives. Blyton's work became increasingly controversial among literary critics, teachers, and parents beginning in the 1950s, due to the alleged unchallenging nature of her writing and her themes, particularly in the Noddy series. Some libraries and schools banned her works, and from the 1930s until the 1950s the BBC refused to broadcast her stories because of their perceived lack of literary merit. Her books have been criticized as elitist, sexist, racist, xenophobic, and at odds with the more progressive environment that was emerging in post-World War II Britain. New editions have re-written her words removing offensive language. Her stories have continued to be bestsellers since her death in 1968. She is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven, the Five Find-Outers, and Malory Towers books, although she also wrote many others including the St Clare's, The Naughtiest Girl and The Faraway Tree series. https://www. enidblyton. co. uk/