Bible for Children by Murray Watts
Besides marvelous stories to rival any edge-of the-seat movie, there are paraphrases of popular psalms and Old Testament words of wisdom and prophecy. The handsome pictures and the decorated borders employ a rich palette of colors and patterns, giving The Bible for Children a contemporary look. --Booklist A classic treasure that vividly captures the eternal theme of God's unending love and the many people and occasions that fill the Old and New Testaments. The Bible for Children contains more than 200 Bible stories, suitable for anyone of Christian faith and told by one of the foremost Bible storytellers. Everything is here, from greed, deception, and hate, to love, miracles, and redemption. Above all, the Bible is a love story: the moving tale of God's love for the world in all its wonder and brokenness. The stories comprehensively cover key themes of the Bible; the stories are reliable and faithful to the meaning and spirit of the original Scripture. The imaginative style reflects the variety of the biblical text--riveting stories, reporting, poetry, history, letters. Murray Watts combines his knowledge and love of the Bible with skillful storytelling to introduce readers to the drama and mystery of this great book. His evocative and engaging retellings unfold the sweep of Bible history in words and phrases everyone can understand and enjoy. The Bible for Children is a visual delight, filled with inclusive illustrations that add meaning to the stories. The rich color, the exquisitely drawn faces and settings draw readers into the emotion and power of all that happens. This book for 7-12 year-olds has the design and drama of a modern classic.
Watts, Murray: - In a career lasting forty years, Murray Watts has written many plays for theatre and radio, and numerous screenplays for TV and film. His work as a playwright, screenwriter and children's writer has won awards nationally and internationally. He was one of the founding directors of Riding Lights Theatre Company. Screenplays range from 'The Dream', starring Jeremy Irons and directed by Norman Stone for BBC 2 in 1990, to 'The Miracle Maker', for S4C/BBC/ICON, featuring the voices of Ralph Fiennes, William Hurt, Richard E Grant, Ian Holm and Julie Christie. The Miracle Maker was released in cinemas in 2000, and shown on BBC and ABC network in the US. The Miracle Maker was the top-rated Easter movie for ABC and won the Movieguide Epiphany Award as the most inspirational film on US TV in 2000. Radio dramas include his adaptation of his own award-winning play, 'The Fatherland' for the BBC Monday Play, the two part BBC drama, 'One August in Milan', inspired by the Confessions of St Augustine, 'The Pilgrim's Postscript', a modern re-telling of the Pilgrim's Progress, with Brian Glover and Willie Rushton and 'At the Back of the North Wind, ' with Juliette Stevenson and Joss Acland. His plays have been seen in major theatres throughout the UK and in the West End.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781561488261 |
| ISBN 10 | 1561488267 |
| Title | Bible for Children |
| Author | Murray Watts |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Good Books |
| Year published | 2014-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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