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Children's Bible Stories from the Old Testament

John Marshall · 2014
86/100
👍 Worth It

John Marshall's self-published retelling keeps the language spare and the action front-and-center — Moses at the Red Sea, Daniel in the lions' den — which is the right instinct for young children meeting these stories for the first time. Reviewers have noted the illustrations land somewhere between charming and eerie, giving the pages a real sense of wonder that spare text alone can't carry. The honest caveat is that this is a self-published, 66-page volume with almost no editorial record and only a handful of ratings; it's impossible to assess production quality with confidence. Coverage of the Old Testament at that length is necessarily selective, so parents should treat it as an introduction rather than a survey. For faith-minded families looking for a short, visual entry point to biblical narratives, it seems worth a look — but expectations should match the modest scope.

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