Here, Geraldine McCaughrean brings us 32 Old Testament stories, among them Genesis, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood and Samson and Delilah. Her colourful, accessible text is accompanied by favourite and familiar quotations from the King James version of the Bible. The text is enhanced by the warmth and humanity of Anna C Leplar's illustrations, which paint a vivid of life in Biblical times.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 1997 by Hachette Children's Group .

Shirley Isherwood has written many other books for children published by, amongst others, Andersen Press. She lives in Manchester. Anna C Leplar has illustrated many very successful books for children and she lives in Iceland. Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.