The World of the Old Testament : A Curious Kid's Guide to the Bible's Most Ancient Stories

The stories of the Old Testament portray a world completely foreign from our own. Curious kids riveted by these stories are likely to come away with questions. Who were the people who lived in the time and place in which these stories were set? How did they work? What did they eat? What were their families and tribes like? How did they fight? What did they believe about God, kings, enemies, and the world around them? And above all, what does any of it have to do with how we read and understand the books that make up the first half of the Bible? The World of the Old Testament: A Curious Kid's Guide to the Bible's Most Ancient Stories answers these questions and more, with colorful illustrations, charts, graphs, maps, and other infographics that will keep kids' attention for hours, and send them back to the Bible with surprising new insights and understanding.

Curious Kids' Guides present cool and surprising information about Christian history and beliefs in an entertaining, visually engaging way for kids.

Marc Olson is a theologian and the author of several titles in the Curious Kids' Guides series. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Jemima Maybank has an illustration style inspired by the minimal shapes and subtle use of textures seen in mid-century children's books. She lives in England.