The Children's Illustrated Bible by Selina Hastings
The Bible is presented in a truly stunning visual format for families to enjoy together. The classic stories are retold in simple, accessible text for children, while beautiful illustrations bring the words to life. Younger readers can make their own literary pilgrimage to sacred sites of religious significance, from the peak of Mount Sinai to the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Supported by the input of education experts and religious consultants, this collection of influential and inspiring stories from the Old and New Testaments help children to learn and interpret the messages and meanings of the Bible. Major events, including the creation, the nativity, and the resurrection, are covered in glorious depth and detail. Colorful photographs and illustrations of key people and places, together with geographical maps of locations in the Bible, provide fresh insight and aid understanding. Important quotations from the King James Bible are included with useful references to chapter and verse. This family favorite is a perfect gift for children and a continuing source of learning to return to time and time again.
SELINA HASTINGS is a writer and journalist, the author of four literary biographies. A lifelong Londoner, Selina was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Oxford University. Her first job was at Hatchard's bookshop, after which she worked for fourteen years on the Daily Telegraph and for eight years was literary editor of Harper's & Queen. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she reviews regularly and has been a judge of the Booker, Whitbread, British Academy, Ondaatje and Duff Cooper Prizes, and of the UK Biographers' Award. Selina has written biographies of Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh (winner of the Marsh Biography Prize), Rosamond Lehmann and Somerset Maugham. She has also written a number of books for children, including a complete retelling of the Bible. In 2010 she won the Spear's Award For Outstanding Achievement for a body of work ?and in 2011 the Biographers' Club Lifetime Services to Biography Award.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780756602611 |
| ISBN 10 | 0756602610 |
| Title | The Children's Illustrated Bible |
| Author | Selina Hastings |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | DK |
| Year published | 2004-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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