The Lion Bible for Children - Hardcover

Murray Watts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745960952 ISBN 13: 9780745960951

Publisher: Lion Children's Books, 2008

Synopsis

Murray Watts is one of the UK's foremost retellers of the Bible. He combines expert Bible knowledge with skilful storytelling to create a compelling text that speaks to children of today. This comprehensive, faithful yet imaginative retelling of the Bible reflects the variety of the original writings (e.g. reportage, poetry, history, letters) making a very readable collection - now a classic on the Lion Children's list.

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Review:

'Murray Watts has written a modern classic. With simple words in fine phrases he paints the stories as vividly as Helen Cann illustrates them. Murray Watts projects onto the screen of a child's imagination indelible pictures of the greatest story ever told.' --Rt Rev James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool

Synopsis:

Murray Watts is one of the UK's foremost retellers of the Bible. He combines expert Bible knowledge with skilful storytelling to create a compelling text that speaks to children of today. This comprehensive, faithful yet imaginative retelling of the Bible reflects the variety of the original writings (e.g. reportage, poetry, history, letters) making a very readable collection - now a classic on the "Lion Children's' list.'Murray Watts has written a modern classic. With simple words in fine phrases he paints the stories as vividly as Helen Cann illustrates them. Murray Watts projects onto the screen of a child's imagination indelible pictures of the greatest story ever told.' - Rt Rev James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lion Children's Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0745960952
• ISBN 13: 9780745960951
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352
• Illustrator: Helen Cann