Everlasting Stories: A Family Bible Treasury

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Summary: Biblical and beautiful
Review: I use this book often in my Sunday School class and also enjoy reading it myself for 1)the biblically faithful text and 2)the beautiful illustrations which capture the essence of the stories.
In this book seasoned children's author Lois Rock retells stories from the Old and New Testaments up to the Day of Pentecost in a flowing narrative style while staying close to the biblical text and occasionally working in some necessary explanations of terminology and background.
The 25 stories are divided into 100 sub-stories each occupying two facing pages with an illustration covering a full page or parts of both pages. Each scene generally captures the essence of the story.
Christina Balit's illustrations of water color, gouache and gold ink are sharply colorful, stylized and modern with a Middle Eastern flavor (most the the characters are depicted with dark wavy hair.) These artistic gems make this book worthy of a place in the gift shop of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, where I purchased my copy, and a place on my coffee table.