And There Was Light by Jakob Streit

Volume I of Jakob Streit's trilogy of Old Testament stories.
Stories  from Genesis in the Old Testament light up for children (of all ages)  the beginning of the world and the development of the human race. Rich  language and deep insight into the nature of being human are the best of  this book. Beautiful, delicate illustrations tickle the imagination  with quiet, reverent images of the complexity and glory of life's  beginning.

As a bedtime story reader, a reader for a whole class, or a read-on-your-own, this is a gem! 

These  tales travel off the beaten path of the actual Bible stories and  illuminate the way of life before and following "the Fall." For children  ages 9 to 12, these stories explain much about human nature, love,  anger, aspirations, envy, ambition, hope, greed, spirituality in every  soul, and the early ways of agriculture, housebuilding. and  blacksmithing.

With  strong images and delicate imagination, the stories call to a moral  development in the young (and in the old!) from these archetypes of  familiar Bible stories. "The back story" in all cases fills the picture  for children of why we are basically good and sometimes not so very  good. For the nine to ten year old in particular this book will do a  world of good for the child in describing the rising consciousness in  his and her own self. Master storyteller Jakob Streit tells vivid stories from the creation of the world to Noah's Ark.
This Waldorf classic, back in print after many years, can be a  foundation for world literature as these stories provide strong images  and moral lessons. 'And There Was Light' can serve Waldorf teachers  preparing the third grade curriculum, as readers for fourth grade  students, and any reader wishing to explore the Old Testament.
The book is illustrated by Assja Turgenieff.

Waldorf Publication
ISBN 1-888365-74-9
Softbound
112 pages
6 x 9 inches
Illustrated       
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