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Note: Starred works are by Quaker authors.
Creation Stories
Bartlett, David. ADAM'S NEW FRIENDS AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE BIBLE. Judson, 1980.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. THE SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION. Holiday House, 1981. Illus.
Hutton, Warwick. ADAM AND EVE, THE BIBLE STORY. Macmillan, 1987. Illus.
Jeffs, Stephanie. IN THE BEGINNING... Abingdon, 1997. 30p., illus.
Reed, Allison. GENESIS, THE STORY OF CREATION. Schocken, 1981. n.p., illus. Stunning visual interpretation accompanies the KJV text of the creation story.
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg. BUT GOD REMEMBERED: STORIES OF WOMEN FROM CREATION TO THE PROMISED LAND. Jewish Lights, 1995.
Smith, Katie. GOD MAKES THE WORLD. Eerdmans, 1986. n.p., illus. Palm Tree Bible stories.
Spier, Jo. THE CREATION. Doubleday, 1966. Illus.
Bible Characters and Heroes
BIBLE HEROES. Saalfield, 1941. Includes Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Gideon and Samson, each on one page.
BIBLE HEROES AND HEROINES. Saalfield, 1941. Includes Samuel, David, Elijah, and Esther, each on one page.
Bragg, Juliana. THE STORY OF JONAH, RETOLD. Golden Pr., 1981. Illus.
Brodsky, Beverly. THE STORY OF JOB. Braziller, 1986. n.p., illus.
Caswell, Helen. DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS. Abingdon, 1993. 24p., illus.
Chaikin, Miriam. ESTHER. Jewish Publication Society, 1987. n.p., illus.
Chaikin, Miriam. EXODUS. Holiday, 1987. n.p., illus.
Cohen, Barbara. THE BINDING OF ISAAC. Lothrop, 1978. Picture book with an adult perspective.
Cohen, Barbara. I AM JOSEPH. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1980. n.p. Beautifully illustrated picture book with adult perspective.
Cousins, Lucy. NOAHS ARK. Candlewick, 1993. 32p., illus.
Derwent, Lavania. JOSEPH AND THE COAT OF MANY COLORS. Scholastic Book Services, 1967.
Doane, Pelagie. BIBLE CHILDREN: STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. Lippincott, 1954.
Eisenberg, Ann. BIBLE HEROES I CAN BE. Illustrated by Rox Schaner. Rockville, MD. Kar-Ben Copiesm 1990. Unpaged, illus. Introduces O.T. figures and shows how the modern preschooler can emulate them.
Elkin, THE WISEST MAN IN THE WORLD; A LEGEND OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. Parents' Magazine Pr., 1968. Story of Solomon. n.p., illus.
Gilbert, Miriam. THE MIGHTY VOICE: ISAIAH, PROPHET AND POET. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1963.
Graham, Lorenz. DAVID, HE NO FEAR. Crowell, 1971. n.p., illus. A version of the David and Goliath story recorded in Liberia. With woodcuts.
Hall, Rachel. BABY IN A BASKET. Eerdmans, 1982. n.p., illus. Story of Moses by Palm Tree Bible stories.
Haraten, Harry. TWO BY TWO: FAVORITE BIBLE STORIES. Rockville, MD, Kar-ben Copies, 1991. 30p. illus. Old Testament stories retold.
Hazen, Barbara Shook. NOAH'S ARK. Golden, 1969. n.p., illus.
Hutton, Warwick. JONAH AND THE GREAT FISH. Atheneum, 1983. n.p., illus.
Hyman, Frieda Clark. JUBAL AND THE PROPHET. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy and the Jewish Publication Society of America, 1958.
Jones, Rufus M. STORIES OF HEBREW HEROES. Allen and Unwin, 1928. 160p.
Lau, Josephine Sanger. THE STORY OF JOSEPH. Cokesbury Pr., 1950. 192p., illus.
Lorimer, Lawrence T. NOAH'S ARK. Random, 1978. n.p., illus.
McKenna, Una. DAVID MEETS GOLIATH. Eerdman's, 1985. n.p., illus. Palm Tree Bible stories.
Mee, Charles L. MOSES, MOSES...Harper, 1977. n.p., illus.
Miller, Basil. TEN FAMOUS GIRLS OF THE BIBLE. Zondervan, 1948. 77p.
Millikin, Virginia Greene. JEREMIAH, PROPHET OF DISASTER; A NOVEL-BIOGRAPHY OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH. Association Pr., 1954. 155p., illus. For teenagers.
Petersham, Maud. DAVID: FROM THE STORY TOLD IN THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL AND THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS. Winston, 1938. n.p., illus.
Petersham, Maud. MOSES; FROM THE STORY TOLD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. Winston, 1938. n.p., illus.
Porter, Jane. SAMSON, THE SUPER-STRONG. Eerdmans, 1986. n.p., illus. Palm Tree Bible stories.
Reid, Barbara. TWO BY TWO. Scholastic, 1992. 30 pp.
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg. A PRAYER FOR THE EARTH: THE STORY OF NAAMAH, NOAHS WIFE. Jewish Lights, 1996. 32p., illus.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. WHY NOAH CHOSE THE DOVE. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. n.p., illus.
Singleton, Kathy. DANIEL AND THE LIONS. Eerdmans, 1981. n.p., illus. Palm Tree Bible stories.
Singleton, Kathy. NOAH'S BOAT. Eerdmans, 1981. n.p., illus. Palm Tree Bible stories.
Spier, Peter. THE BOOK OF JONAH. Doubleday, 1985. n.p., illus.
Spier, Peter. NOAH'S ARK. Dopubleday, 1977. n.p., illus.
Storr, Catherine. NOAH AND HIS ARK. Raintree, 1982. n.p., illus.
Weil, Lisl. ESTHER. Atheneum, 1980. n.p., illus.
Williams, Marcia. JOSEPH AND HIS MAGNIFICENT COAT OF MANY COLORS. Candlewick Pr., 1990. n.p., illus. This version of Joseph's coat is done in colorful, cartoon-strip style with a warm sense of humor.
Wolkstein, Diane. ESTHERS STORY. Morrow Junior Books, 1995. 37p., illus.
Stories and Psalms
THE ABC'S OF PROVERBS. From Proverbs in Today's English Version. American Bible Association, 1976. n.p., illus. Selections for children.
Allstrom, Elizabeth. SONGS ALONG THE WAY. Abingdon, 1961. 64p., illus. with woodcuts. Selected psalms (KJV) with explanatory material for older children.
Araten, Harry. TWO BY TWO; FAVORITE BIBLE STORIES. Kar-Ben Copies, 1991. 30p., illus.
Clarke, Sara Klein. THE LORD WILL LOVE THEE. Very simplified version of Jacob and Esau, Joseph, Moses and Solomon.
Cooper, Ilene. THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. Morrow Junior Books, 1997. 58 pp.
Faris, Lillie A. OLD TESTAMENT STORIES RETOLD FOR CHILDREN. Platt and Munk, 1940.
FAVORITE PSALMS FOR CHILDREN... Grosset, 1942. n.p., illus.
Jones, Mary Alice. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. Rand McNally, 1956. n.p., illus.
L'Engle, Madeleine. LADDER OF ANGELS; SCENES FROM THE BIBLE. Seabury, 1979. 128p., illus.
Le Tord, Bijou. SING A NEW SONG: A BOOK OF PSALMS. Eerdmans Publishing , 1997.
Palazzo, Tony. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD; THE 23rd PSALM. Henry Z. Walck, 1965. n.p., illus.
Segal, Lore. THE BOOK OF ADAM TO MOSES. Knopf, 1987. n.p., illus.
Smither, Ethel L. EARLY OLD TESTAMENT STORIES. Abingdon, 1954. 80p., illus. Stories of Moses and the patriarchs retold through the eyes of the main characters.
SONG OF THE THREE YOUNG MEN; A CANTICLE. A conntemporary musical setting by William Entriken, and calligraphy by Anita Karl. Seabury, 1981. n.p., illus. music.
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