The Lion Storyteller Family Bible

Bob Hartman is a professional storyteller and award-winning children’s author of over seventy books. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but now lives in Wiltshire. He has been entertaining audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for over 30years with his books and performances, which bring together retellings of Bible stories and traditional tales from around the world with his own imaginative stories. His books are full of humour and insight, whilst his storytelling sessions are exciting, engaging, dynamic – and above all, interactive! The Lion Storyteller Bible is used in schools across the United Kingdom as part of a Bible project called Open the Book, and is regularly performed for over 800,000 children in more than 3,000 primary schools. He is well known for his hugely popular The Lion Storyteller collection, the Telling the Bible series, and the highly acclaimed picture books: The Wolf Who Cried Boy, Dinner in the Lions’ Den and The Three Billy Goats’ Stuff.   Krisztina Kallai Nagy graduated from the Hungarian College for Applied Arts in Budapest. She is a talented Hungarian artist who has illustrated many children's book in her home country and for publishers in the US and UK. She is a member of the Hungarian Illustrator's Society and has won the beautiful children book award in Hungary three times. Her illustrations are meant to reflect humor, kindliness, and playfulness.

Contents How to Use This Book . . . . . . . . . 6
The Old Testament
In the Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The story of creation: Genesis 1–2
A Sad Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The story of the fall: Genesis 3
A Special Promise . . . . . . . . . . 16 The story of Noah: Genesis 6–9
God’s Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The call of Abraham: Genesis 12, 17–18, 21
The Runaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The story of Jacob and Laban: Genesis 28–29, 33
Joseph the Dreamer . . . . . . . . . 28 The story of Joseph: Genesis 37–45
The Great Escape . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The story of the exodus: Exodus 3–4, 7–14
The Walls Fall Down . . . . . . . . . 40 The battle of Jericho: Joshua 5–6
A Brave and Mighty Man . . . . . . 44 The story of Gideon: Judges 6–7
Ruth Finds a New Home . . . . . . . 48 The story of a foreigner: Ruth 1–4
Samuel Hears a Voice . . . . . . . . 52 The call of Samuel: 1 Samuel 3
David the Giant-Killer . . . . . . . . 56 The story of David and Goliath: 1 Samuel 17
The Wise King . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The wisdom of Solomon: 1 Kings 3
God Sends Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Elijah and the prophets of Baal: 1 Kings 17–18
Jonah the Groaner . . . . . . . . . . 68 The story of Jonah: Jonah
Daniel and the Lions . . . . . . . . . 72 Daniel in the lions’ den: Daniel 6
Esther Was a Star . . . . . . . . . . 76 A Jewish girl saves her people: Esther 2–9



The New Testament
A Surprise for Mary . . . . . . . . . 80 An angel visits Mary: Luke 1
Time to Be Counted . . . . . . . . . 84 The birth of Jesus: Luke 2
A Flock of Angels . . . . . . . . . . . 88 The story of the shepherds: Luke 2
The Wise Men’s Visit . . . . . . . . . 90 The story of the wise men: Matthew 2
Jesus is Baptized . . . . . . . . . 94 The baptism of Jesus: Matthew 3,Mark 1, Luke 3, John 1
Jesus’ Special Friends . . . . . . . . 98 Jesus calls the first disciples: Luke 5
“I Can See!” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Jesus heals a blind man: John 9
“Time to Get Up” . . . . . . . .106 The story of Jairus’ daughter: Matthew 9, Mark 5, Luke 8
The Marvellous Picnic ......... 110 Jesus feeds five thousand people: Matthew 14, Mark 6, Luke 9 , John 6
Jesus and the Children . . 114 Jesus blesses little children: Matthew 19, Mark 10, Luke 18
Jesus and the Taxman . . . . . . . 116 Jesus and Zacchaeus: Luke 19
The Father and His Two Sons . . 120 The parable of the lost son: Luke 15
The Kind Stranger . . . . . . . . . 124 The parable of the good Samaritan: Luke 10
The Wise and Foolish Builders . . 128 The parable of the two builders:Matthew 7, Luke 6
Jesus Rides a Donkey Down the Hill . . . . . . . . . 130 The story of Palm Sunday: Matthew 21,Mark 11, Luke 19, John 12
An Important Meal . . . . . . . . . 134 The Last Supper and a betrayal:Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22, John 13 A Dreadful Day . . . . . . . . . . . 136
The story of Good Friday: Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19
A Happy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 The story of Easter: Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20
Walking and Talking – and Shocking!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 A resurrection appearance: Luke 24
Goodbye at Last . . . . . . . . . . 146 Jesus appears to his friends:Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 21
The Helper Arrives . . . . . . . . 148 The story of Pentecost: Acts 2
On the Road to Damascus . . . . 152 Paul’s conversion: Acts 7–9
The Earth Shakes . . . . . . . . . . 155 Paul and Silas in prison: Acts 16
New Heaven, New Earth . . . . . 158 A Vision of What’s to Come: Revelation 21