The Children's Illustrated Bible

Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated, 2005 - Bibles - 320 pages

The Bible is presented in a truly stunning visual format for families to enjoy together.

The classic stories are retold in simple, accessible text for children, while beautiful illustrations bring the words to life.

 Younger readers can make their own literary pilgrimage to sacred sites of religious significance, from the peak of Mount Sinai to the shores of the Sea of Galilee.

Supported by the input of education experts and religious consultants, this collection of influential and inspiring stories from the Old and New Testaments help children to learn and interpret the messages and meanings of the Bible. Major events, including the creation, the nativity, and the resurrection, are covered in glorious depth and detail.



Colorful photographs and illustrations of key people and places, together with geographical maps of locations in the Bible, provide fresh insight and aid understanding. Important quotations from the King James Bible are included with useful references to chapter and verse.

This family favorite is a perfect gift for children and a continuing source of learning to return to time and time again.

About the author

Selina Hastings is a writer and journalist. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Oxford University. Selina's first job was at Hatchards bookshop but she went on to work for fourteen years on the Daily Telegraph and for eight years as literary editor of Harper's & Queen. Hastings has been a lecturer and visting scholar at a number of foundations and was Mellon Fellow during 2002-2003 at the Harry Ransom Research Center, University of Texas. From 2008-2009 Selina was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Queen Mary's University, London and in 2009-2010 she was awarded the Dorot Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Jewish Studies. Selina is the author of four literary biographies: Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh (winner of the Marsh Biography Prize), Rosamond Lehmann and Somerset Maugham. She has also written a number of books for children. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she reviews regularly and has been a judge of the Booker, Whitbread, British Academy, Ondaatje and Duff Cooper Prizes, and of the UK Biographers' Award.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Children's Illustrated Bible
• Illustrated by: Amy Burch, Eric Thomas
• Contributor: Selina Hastings
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated, 2005
• ISBN: 0756609356, 9780756609351
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Bibles / Other English Translations / Children; Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Bible Stories / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Biblical Reference; Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Biblical Studies; Juvenile Nonfiction / Religion / Christianity