God and His Creations: Tales from the Old Testament
Kindergarten-Grade 5-Williams presents 11 Bible stories in an engaging comic-strip format. Her now-familiar approach, applied to tales as diverse as Robin Hood, Greek myths, King Arthur, and the works of Shakespeare, places the main characters and their deeds within sequential frames of varying sizes. Done in watercolor and ink, the illustrations are colorful and filled with humorous touches. There are several pages per story; the book begins with "God's Creations" and "The Garden of Eden" and concludes with "Daniel in the Lions' Den" and "Jonah and the Great Fish." Angels and the serpent comment on the action from the borders. An introductory note points out that God's script comes directly from the New International Version of the Bible and that the rest of the text is invented, but inspired by that translation. Traditional bones of contention, such as nudity and Eve's role in The Fall, are sensitively handled. Humorous, succinct, and rooted in traditional elements, this offering is sure to be popular where Bible stories are in demand.Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public LibraryCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.