New Releases by Tim Dowley

Kids use magnetic cut-outs and illustrated scenes to reenact the story of Noah and the ark. This interactive retelling of Noah''s story includes four background play scenes for children to complete using the animal and figure magnetic pieces. All pieces are stored in a plastic bubble on the front cover, protected by a sliding back to enable easy storage. Pages include: "One Good Man," "How to Make a Boat," "The Flood is Coming," "Two by Two," "The Rain Comes Down," and "A Great Promise." Includes twenty magnetic cutouts and 4 background playscenes.

Looking for a traditional and charming rendition of the Christmas story to read to a 4-to 7-year old in your life? Tim Dowley''s My First Story of Christmas retells the biblical account in simple terms, complete with bright, cheery illustrations that are sure to put a smile on the face of the reader. This Christmas, give the children in your life the best gift of all-a story that explains the reason for the season. Make this ''THE'' Christmas book that your children will treasure for years. They''ll read it over and over again each holiday season.

This colorful book is packed full of fascinating Bible facts and gives answers to some of the most intriguing questions about the Bible.

Kids will have great fun in trying to complete a page for every day of the year. Read the Bible story, do the activity and read the relevant passage in your Bible. With various forms of activity children are encouraged to look at their Bible each day. Includes: Puzzles, Mazes, Spot-the-difference, Find-the-mistake, Colour me pictures, Find the odd-one-out.

Originally published: When the trumpet sounds. Eugene, Or.: Harvest House Publishers, c1995.

This full-color introductory guide provides a graphic overview of the contents of the Bible, its main characters, historical context, cultural and religious setting, and important events in an interesting and easy-to-use format.

Examines everything from chariots to clothing, health to hairstyles, plowing to pottery, and work to worship. Carefully and thoroughly indexed.

ographs of many famous biblical sites. An excellent gift book to be treasuredas a lasting keepsake.

Brief text and numerous illustrations trace the evolution of life on Earth from the earliest times through the present and into the future.

Expansion of the Church - 325-600 conquest - Constantine and the Christian Empire - Fall of the Roman Empire - 600-1500, a Christian society - The Eastern Church - The Crusades - Peter Abelard - Thomas Aquinas - Medieval monasticism - Reform, 1500-1650 - Martin Luther - John Calvin - Puritans and Separatists - John Bunyan - The English Baptists - The Anabaptists - Ignatius of Loyola - The Jesuits - Teresa of Avila - The Russian church - James de Jong - 1789-1914, cities and empires - An age of idealogy - Pentecostals - Helder Camara - Pope John XXIII - Protestant religions - Religion in wartime Germany (Nazi) - The Orthodox Church in Eastern Europe & Russia - The Russian tradition of Icons - Icon painters Andrei Rublev & Daniel Chorney.a; - Savonarola - The Monk''s Day in Western Europe - Martin Luther - History of Bibles - Puritans - Thomas Cranmer - Methodists.