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Books in the Religous genre:

The Shepherd Psalm (1962)

A setting of the 23rd Psalm:

The Lord is my true shepherd,
There is nothing I shall want..

Author(s): Maud Petersham
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham

Helena (1964)

Raised from stable girl to empress of Rome, Helena used her position to recover the relics of the Passion of Christ.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Michael A. Hampshire

Timothy’s Song (1965)

A crippled newboy in the early 1800’s finds his reward in heaven for a life of sacrifice.

Author(s): William J. Lederer
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Angel and the Donkey (1969)

The story of Balaam’s ass.

Author(s): James Reeves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

One Is God: Two Old Counting Songs (1970)

This song book includes Green Grow the Rushes,Oh! and Who Knows One?

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Sound of Trumpets: Selections from Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971)

Selections from the works of the prolific nineteenth century American essayist, best know as leader of the transcendentalist movement, defined by his aunt as “a strange mixture of atheism and false independence.”... View More

The Land of Far-Beyond (1973)

This is a retelling of Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.... View More

Author(s): Enid Blyton
John Bunyan
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Land of Beulah (1974)

A selection from The Pilgrim’s Progress.

Author(s): John Bunyan
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Noah’s Ark (1977)

Peter Spier tells the story in pictures of Noah, the Ark and the Flood.

Author(s): Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1978

The Puritan Experiment (1977)

A history of Puritanism in America.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Francis J. Bremer
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Anno’s Italy (1978)

Gorgeous scenes of daily life in Italy, interwoven with famous Italian religious paintings of Jesus. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

The Clown of God (1978)

A once famous Italian juggler, now old and a begger, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child.

Author(s): Tomie dePaola
Illustrator(s): Tomie dePaola

Joan of Arc (1980)

Joan of Arc is considered de Monvel’s master piece and the original Frence edition was considered a marvel of the printer’s art.  This edition was based on a copy in the Morgan Library.  It tells the story of the Maid of Orleans... View More

The Pilgrim’s Regress (1981)

C. S. Lewis’ allegory of man’s search for meaning. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Creation (1983)

In the beginning God made heaven and earth. An illustrated telling of the first seven days.

Author(s): Peter Seymour
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Jonah (1983)

The story of Jonah is told on fold-out pages, with a diorama at the back of the box.

Author(s): Peter Seymour
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Noah (1983)

The story of how Noah took his family and the animals into the ark to save them from the flood. The story is told on fold-out pages with a diorama at the back of the box.

Author(s): Peter Seymour
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Peter Spier’s Christmas! (1983)

A wordless evocation of Christmas.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Silent Night (1984)

Silent Night, Holy Night,
All is calm, all is bright …

Author(s): Joseph Mohr
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

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