Animals of the Bible
Dorothy P. Lathrop
1937
This is a collection of short Bible stories about animals. Most of the stories are accompanied by an illustration. Naturally, the artwork is the main attraction here. Check out the Leviathan from the book of Job:
The text is pulled directly from the King James version of the Bible, so it's a little complicated for children. Not to mention that the story about Balaam's ass will be unintentionally hilarious to the grade-school set. Between the heavy text and the black-and-white illustrations, I don't think this particular title is very likely to find many young fans nowadays. In a perfect world, I'd like to see it updated with text from a more recent translation of the Bible or just paraphrased Bible stories.
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