Bible Stories: Jacob and Esau (Bible Stories) - Hardcover

Auld, M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749636424 ISBN 13: 9780749636425

Publisher: The Watts Publishing Group, 2000

Synopsis

This book retells a popular story from the Bible, in a simple style, which refers closely to the Bible text. It includes background information on the stories, a useful word section and a 'What do you think?' section that asks questions.

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From Booklist

Reviewed with Mary Auld's David and Goliath and Noah's Ark.

Gr. 3-4, younger for reading aloud. Each book from the publisher's Bible Stories series includes a retelling of an Old Testament story, told partly through dialogue and partly through narration. The good-sized type will encourage readers just beyond the beginning reader stage, while the many richly colored illustrations make the books accessible to younger children as well. The composition of the paintings has a formal quality that gives a sense of a narrative unfolding on stage--perhaps in a series of tableaux. Well chosen in terms of their inherent drama and their cultural importance, the stories of David and Goliath, Jacob and Esau, and Noah's Ark are clearly retold here. Each book ends with some helpful notes on the story and its source, a map of the Middle East during biblical times, a glossary, and a few textbooklike questions. Carolyn Phelan
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From School Library Journal

Gr 2-4-These Bible stories are retold in a contemporary, pedestrian language. David and Goliath, from the First Book of Samuel, is about the brave young boy who battles with and overcomes the giant warrior who is his enemy; Jacob and Esau, from the Book of Genesis, tells of very different twin brothers who vie for the favor of their parents. Both titles conclude with background information and discussion questions. The nicely colored illustrations are biblically stylized, appropriate for the books. Although these are Judeo-Christian stories, they are also universal because of their classic human themes-courage, good and evil, sibling rivalry-all of which are good discussion issues.-Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME

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About this edition

• Publisher: The Watts Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0749636424
• ISBN 13: 9780749636425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32