From an award winning author, a major new presentation of Old Testament stories. Geraldine McCaughrean is the Great storyteller of our times, renowned for her spirited retellings of classic stories. Here she brings us 32 Old Testament stories, among them Genesis, Cain & 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 picture of life in biblical times.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Hachette Children's Group .

Anna Leplar lives in Iceland with her husband and son. She originally trained as a fine artist and has worked for a number of publishers illustrating in black and white and colour. Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.