David and the Lost Lamb

by W. C. Bauers, Marta Costa (Illustrator)

Overview

Tiny Bible Tales, a new series of board books, shares the stories of the Bible's bravest heroes. With gentle, rhyming text and gorgeous illustrations, this book tells the tale of David saving a lost lamb from a hungry lion.

Each day, David leads his flock of sheep out into the hills. When one lamb wanders from the rest and a hungry lion takes interest, David rushes to its aid, bringing the young sheep back to safety. This board book combines quiet, rhyming text with simple and colorful art to tell one of the Bible's most treasured stories.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524785918
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	01/23/2018
Series:	Tiny Bible Tales
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	14
File size:	57 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

W. C. Bauers grew up in Alaska and Colorado, and his writing background includes two speculative novels and the Tiny Bible Tales. Bauers lives in the Rocky Mountains with a knitting maven, three padawan martial
artists, and the best rescue in the world. www.wcbauers.com

Born in Barcelona in 1970, Marta studied Graphic Design in the ELISAVA School of Barcelona. In 2005, she started her own company for design, serigraphy, and the commercialization of t-shirts and other products for children, on which she could set down her illustrations. Since 2007, she has worked as a freelance illustrator, working mostly for publishing companies in Spain (Casals, Barcanova, Grupo SM, Bruño, Teide).

Most recently, she has illustrated Penguin Young Reader's Noah's Ark.

Editorial Reviews

2017-12-03
Little David saves the day.The biblical story of the shepherd in search of his lost sheep comes to life in this board book. Not to be confused with King David of the Old Testament, this young David proudly watches over his father's flock each day. One morning a sheep in David's flock wanders off, and David must chase off a hungry lion in order to save it. The story is originally told by Jesus in the Bible, but that framing device is removed here. In fact, nearly all religious allusion is absent save for the mention of a "nighttime prayer" at book's end. Told in rhyming couplets, the story moves quickly and efficiently, though sometimes the text stretches the bounds of sense to achieve the rhyme: "Black, white, spotted, baa and bleat. / David loves the little sheep." The illustrations employ a green, blue, and orange color palette and scratchy, thin lines that give them a busier feel than the round, cuddly, thick-lined figures little readers are accustomed to in board books. David's father wears a kaffiyeh, and David has brown hair and pale brown skin.A mostly effective translation of the popular parable. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews