The Bible
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Some books are based on text from the Bible.
Bibliography
The 23rd Psalm (1999)
The Lord is my true shepherd, there is nothing I shall want.
And it Came to Pass: Stories from the Bible (1951)
These stories from the Bible have been arranged to be read as literature.
W. G. Bebbington
The Bible Old Testament and New Testament (1959)
An illustrated simplified version of the Bible. This is the one-volume edition.
Barbara Lindsay
Emma Gelders Sterne
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Biblical Advent Calendar (1992)
An advent calendar based on the Christmas story by Matthew and Luke. A Post-It note is peeled off each day.
A Catholic Child’s Bible: Stories from the Old Testament (1958)
Favorite Old Testament stories from the RSV translation.
Charles Hartman
Elsa Jane Werner
The Christ Child (1931)
The story of the Nativity from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Miska Petersham
A Christmas Manger (1942)
A punch-out-and-play book of the nativity.
The Coat of Many Colors (2004)
When their father gives Joseph a many-colored coat, his brothers are so jealous they determine to get rid of him forever. Imagine their surprise when they next see him as the Grand Vizier of Egypt.
Jenny Koralek
David (1938)
The story of David from the fight with Goliath to King of Israel.
Miska Petersham
David’s Songs (1992)
A selection of Psalms reflecting David’s life and faith.
Golden Bible: From the King James Version of the Old Testament (1946)
Familiar stories from the Old Testament.
Jane Werner Watson
How Excellent is Thy Name (2007)
The eighth psalm - ‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings.’
In the Beginning (1941)
Chapter one of the Book of Genesis, from the King James Version.
In the Beginning (1990)
The creation story from Genesis.
The Kingdom and the Power and the Glory (1929)
Selections from the King James Version of the Old Testament.
Let There Be Light (1990)
The book of Genesis, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
A Little Book of Prayers (1941)
A book of short prayers for children.
Emilie Fendall Johnson
Miska Petersham
Moses (1938)
From a baby in a basket in the bulrushes to the splitting of the Red Sea and the destruction of Pharaoh, forty years in the desert and the final sight of the Promised Land.
Miska Petersham
Noah and the Ark (1988)
The story of Noah and the ark illustrated by C.S. Lewis’ favorite artist.
Noah’s Ark (2002)
Forty days and forty nights it rained on the earth while Noah and his family and the animals in the ark floated on the waters.
Jerry Pinkney
The Oxford Illustrated Old Testament Volume 2 Historical Books (1968)
This edition is in five volumes illustrated by contemporary British artists. Edward Ardizzone contributed to volumes two, four and five. Volume 2 includes Joshua to Esther.
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The Oxford Illustrated Old Testament Volume 4 The Prophets (1969)
This edition is in five volumes illustrated by contemporary British artists. Edward Ardizzone contributed to volumes two, four and five. Volume 4 includes Isaiah to Malachi.
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The Oxford Illustrated Old Testament Volume 5 The Apocrypha (1969)
This edition is in five volumes illustrated by contemporary British artists. Edward Ardizzone contributed to volumes two, four and five. Volume 5 includes Esdras to Maccabees.
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The Rainbow Book of Bible Stories: The Old Testament and the New Testament (1948)
Short versions of familiar Bible stories.
May Lamberton Becker
Ruth (1938)
How a Moabite woman became the great-grandmother of the king of Israel.
Miska Petersham
The Song of the Three Holy Children (1986)
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego praise the Lord God for their deliverance from the fiery furnace of King Nebuchadnezzar.
Stories from the Life of Christ (1905)
Twenty-nine stories from the New Testament. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Stories from the Old Testament: Joseph, Moses, Ruth, David (1938)
Four favorite Old Testament stories of the Patriarchs.
Miska Petersham
The Story of Joseph (1958)
Joseph is sold into Egypt as a slave but rises to become the Pharaoh’s vizier.
Walter de la Mare
The Story of Moses (1959)
The story of the Hebrew baby who goes from bullrushes to prince of Egypt, to fugitive murderer to chosen leader of the Jewish people in their exodus from Egypt.
Walter de la Mare
The Story of Samuel and Saul (1960)
The story of the prophet and the first King of Israel.
Walter de la Mare
Woman’s Day Calendar (1983)
From 1955 to 2004 Erik Blegvad drew the annual calendar for Woman’s Day Magazine. The twelve individual pages frequently featured Scriptural quotations.
Words to the Wise: A Book of Proverbs for Boys and Girls (1932)
An illustrated selection of proverbs.
