Publisher's Description:

With more than a million copies sold, this classic Scripture provides an ageless Bible story for every day of the year. It's a perfect addition to any Sunday school room or children's church program.

"An imaginative arrangement, preserving the on-going interest of a serial . . . The illustrations are excellent . . . and will hold the listener's eye if the book is being read aloud . . . This selection provides a built-in continuity which other collections lack."--Church Times

"Written in a lively, easily understood style which still retains the dignity of the original . . . The luminous artwork is realistic, expressive and well-researched in detail."--School Library Journal

"Many children's books retell Bible stories. This is one of the best for its factual, sensitive and imaginative approach. The stories are allowed to speak for themselves in a panorama of scripture from Genesis to Revelation, and each is beautifully and imaginatively illustrated. [Here is] storytelling par excellence, clear, uncomplicated, concise, superlative."--Churchman

"The selections are just the right length . . . After using this book for several months, I can enthusiastically recommend it for families with young children."--Christian Home and School

416 Pages
Published January 1995

About the Author(s): Mary Batchelor is the author of many books which have been published on both sides of the Atlantic. They include Children's Bible in 365, Lion Book of Children's Prayers, Lion Christian Poetry Collection, Lion Prayer Collection, My Own Book of Prayers, Opening Up the Bible, and Windows on the Bible.

John Haysom has been illustrating books for adults and children for more than 20 years, many of them inspired by his Christian faith. As a result, he has illustrated a number of children's Bibles and Bible stories. He lives with his wife and two children in the West Country in England where he works as a fine artist.