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Biblical Genre
Books in the Biblical genre:
St. Luke’s Life of Christ (1956)
A free modern English translation of the Gospel according to St. Luke.
Author(s):
St. Luke
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Catholic Child’s Bible: Stories from the Old Testament (1958)
Favorite Old Testament stories from the RSV translation.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Hartman
The Bible
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Story of Joseph (1958)
Joseph is sold into Egypt as a slave but rises to become the Pharaoh’s vizier.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Bible Old Testament and New Testament (1959)
An illustrated simplified version of the Bible. This is the one-volume edition.
Author(s):
Barbara Lindsay
Emma Gelders Sterne
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Miracle Plays: Seven Medieval Plays for Modern Players (1959)
Seven miracle plays adapted for modern performance.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anne Burnett Malcolmson
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
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.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Holy Bible, Catholic Edition (1960)
Author(s):
Charles Hartman
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
Feodor Rojankovsky
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 Fox at the Manager (1962)
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Thomas Bewick
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 Oxford Illustrated Old Testament Volume 2 Historical Books (1968)
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Et al
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
The Oxford Illustrated Old Testament Volume 4 The Prophets (1969)
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Et al
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.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Et al
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