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Biblical Genre
Books in the Biblical genre:
The Story of Samuel and Saul (1960)
The story of the prophet and the first King of Israel.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
William Blake (1960)
A brief biography of the poet and artist, including an extended essay on his illustrations for The Book of Job.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
William Blake
James Daugherty
Stories from the Bible (1961)
Bible stories re-written for children from the garden of Eden to the promised land.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
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
Golden Bible: Stories from the Old Testament (1964)
A British edition of the Golden Bible.
Author(s):
Charles Hartman
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Noah’s Ark Book (1966)
A Golden Shape book version of Noah’s Ark.
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Angel and the Donkey (1969)
The story of Balaam’s ass.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Noah’s Ark (1969)
The story of God, Noah, the Ark and the Flood.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Barbara Shook Hazen
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Rojankovsky’s Wonderful Picture Book (1972)
A collection of some of Rojankovsky’s best illustrations from the Golden Books.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Georges Duplaix
Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Joseph and His Brothers (1976)
A retelling of the story of how Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers but found favor with the Pharaoh in Egypt and was reunited with his family.
Author(s):
Jean Horton Berg
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
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
The Going to Bed Book (1982)
On Noah’s Ark, it’s time for bed.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
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
The Book of Jonah (1985)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
A Child’s Book of Prayers (1985)
A collection of prayers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Good Night, Good Night (1985)
On Noah’s Ark, a musical version of The Going to Bed Book.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1986)
Pauline Baynes brings to life the words of this world-famous hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander.
Author(s):
Cecil Frances Alexander
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
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.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Story of Daniel (1986)
The story of the prophet Daniel who survived a night in the lions’ den - his accusers did not fare so well.
Author(s):
George MacBeth
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Peter Spier’s Advent Calendar Little Town of Bethlehem (1987)
A three-dimensional Advent calendar to assemble from pasteboard.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Noah and the Ark (1988)
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Cobweb Curtain: A Christmas Story (1989)
Author(s):
William Barclay
Jenny Koralek
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Peter Spier’s Advent Calendar Silent Night, Holy Night (1989)
A three-dimensional Advent calendar to assemble out of paste board.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
In the Beginning (1990)
The creation story from Genesis.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Let There Be Light (1990)
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Naming (1993)
In the beginning the animals come to Adam to be named.
Author(s):
Margaret Greaves
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Going to Bed Book (1995)
Revised and redrawn edition of this classic about bedtime on Father Noah’s Ark.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Michael Hague’s Family Christmas Treasury (1995)
An anthology of biblical texts, poems and stories.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
A Child Is Born (2000)
A poetic description of the Nativity.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Floyd Cooper
The Children’s Book of Faith (2000)
A collection of stories from the bible, biographies, poems and prayers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Children’s Book of Home and Family (2002)
A collection of stories and poems dealing with families.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Moses Basket (2003)
The story of Moses’ rescue by the Pharaoh’s daughter.
Author(s):
Jenny Koralek
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Christmas in the Barn (2004)
A poetic retelling of the Nativity set in a twentieth-century barn.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Diane Goode
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.
Author(s):
Jenny Koralek
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
How Excellent is Thy Name (2007)
The eighth psalm - ‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings.’
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Pharaoh’s Boat (2009)
Shows how the Egyptians built a boat to take Pharaoh Cheops to the underworld.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
On Christmas Day (2011)
A poetical retelling of the Christmas story.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Phyllis Harris