My First Handy Bible, Text by Cecilie Olesen and Illustrations by Gustavo Mazali

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s1600/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg"></a><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480264388542368882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdT7neC65_evFoN5ybKnG8e-0qFvuQF8Qbyxc3fmqnD9hQr5F4ZOPZTcFkx6hO8B0JxukCCLKeu_0Cyiff4U79hSIMrYyjlkFxBy8S3V1oTP4tYcMYJ2VlW3YvH_VaZM981DmP1M8B-g/s200/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 145px;" /></a>It is time for a <span style="color: #990000;"><strong><a href="http://firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com/">FIRST Wild Card Tour</a></strong></span> book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. 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The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! <span style="color: #990000;"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!</strong></span> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!</em></span> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div align="center"> <strong>Today's Wild Card author is: </strong> </div> <br /> <div align="center"> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1786489.Cecilie_Olesen">Cecilie Olesen</a></span></strong> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> and illustrated by:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 28.88888931274414px;"><a href="http://www.mazali.com/">Gustavo Mazali</a></span></strong></div> <div align="center"> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 180%;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 100%;">and the book:</span> </span></strong> </div> <br /> <div align="center"> <strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8772473045">My First Handy Bible</a></span></strong> </div> <div align="center"> <span style="text-align: start;">Hendrickson Publishers (January 31, 2012)</span></div> <div align="center"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> ***Special thanks to Rick Roberson for sending me a review copy.***</div> <br /> <div align="left"> <strong><span style="color: #333399; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:</span></span></strong></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyy7SQmtAszWLg_aYtyGR9OAy1UvgmdivHjkOy_FPw1JLndpxdfKGvb-HW9zhYermvjAqjcOKRtNjieCSZ9pCLqiKZpgEd0YzcpVq3HLXec6QO4K6rwLjR1FoG05Y_EX5FhDw3uiHjAf0/s1600/MFHB-cover-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyy7SQmtAszWLg_aYtyGR9OAy1UvgmdivHjkOy_FPw1JLndpxdfKGvb-HW9zhYermvjAqjcOKRtNjieCSZ9pCLqiKZpgEd0YzcpVq3HLXec6QO4K6rwLjR1FoG05Y_EX5FhDw3uiHjAf0/s200/MFHB-cover-web.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My First </span><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Handy</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Bible</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> aims to communicate God's character and His love to the youngest of children, ages one to three. Beautifully illustrated in bright full color, My First </span><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Handy</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Bible</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> has a cheerful padded hardcover with 61 child-friendly hardback pages and a handle and clasp that make it easy for small hands to tote and manipulate. The timeless stories are retold in simple sentences by author and artist Cecilie Olesen, illustrated by author and illustrator Gustavo Mazali and designed by Ben Alex, a C. S. Lewis Gold Medal winner author and designer.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.scanpublishing.dk/">Website for Book</a></span><br /> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <br /></div> Product Details:<br /> List Price: $12.95<br /> Hardcover: 61 pages<br /> Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers (January 31, 2012)<br /> Language: English<br /> ISBN-10: 8772473045<br /> ISBN-13: 978-8772473048<br /> <div style="font-weight: bold;"> <br /></div> <br /> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">AND NOW...SOME SAMPLE PAGES (Click on images to enlarge):</span> </strong> </span> <br /> <br /> <div style="height: 307px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIq14XCncqF31lGaQO4MnxxBErOG0b3HDEBb5dsSKutCXzGxM6cdCW8hyGqiyqYruRQRn8PTgswPRX6pFKCToyoJAfjMA1hGkaX65AvpaIR3fpLKAgEwxGdTVDj-cCj1lB2Arhjz7qbbc/s1600/Pages+from+My+First+Handy+Bible_Page_1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!

You never know when I might play a wild card on you!

Today's Wild Card author is:

Cecilie Olesen

and illustrated by:

Gustavo Mazali

and the book:

My First Handy Bible

Hendrickson Publishers (January 31, 2012)

***Special thanks to Rick Roberson for sending me a review copy.***

SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:

My First Handy Bible aims to communicate God's character and His love to the youngest of children, ages one to three. Beautifully illustrated in bright full color, My First Handy Bible has a cheerful padded hardcover with 61 child-friendly hardback pages and a handle and clasp that make it easy for small hands to tote and manipulate. The timeless stories are retold in simple sentences by author and artist Cecilie Olesen, illustrated by author and illustrator Gustavo Mazali and designed by Ben Alex, a C. S. Lewis Gold Medal winner author and designer.

Website for Book

Product Details:
List Price: $12.95
Hardcover: 61 pages
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers (January 31, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 8772473045
ISBN-13: 978-8772473048

AND NOW...SOME SAMPLE PAGES (Click on images to enlarge):