Who Jesus Was
Adventures through the Bible with Caravan Bear and Friends
Avril Rowlands Kay Widdowson
9780745978130
144 pages
SPCK Group
Overview
Christopher Rabbit turned the pages of the Bible, but it was getting dark and quite hard to read. Caravan Bear fetched an oil lamp. Whitby and Hector drew nearer.
“Some wise men had heard about the birth of Jesus,” Christopher Rabbit said. “They wanted to see him…”
Caravan Bear once again hitches up Hector the horse to the brightly painted gypsy-style caravan and, with Whitby the dog and Christopher Rabbit, sets off in search of new adventures.
Enjoy Rabbit’s storytelling along the way, interrupted by frequent questions from the travellers and other animals they meet. Do you think Jesus knew he was God’s son when he was twelve? Why did Jesus want John to baptize him? Did Jesus like being famous? Why didn’t Pilate release Jesus?
The Animals’ Caravan has echoes of children’s classics such as The Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland, as the caravan travellers form a great friendship on their journey together.
Author Bio
Avril Rowlands (Author)Avril Rowlands is a renowned children's author with over forty publishedbooks. She also writes for television and the theatre. Her three best-selling books for Lion Hudson, Tales from the Ark, More Tales from the Ark and Rainbow's End, have been republished in a bumper edition, All the Tales from the Ark. Avril has now turned theark stories into a musical. Her latest series for Lion, The Animals'Caravan: Adventures through the Bible with Caravan Bear and friendsare inspired by her own caravan trips.
Kay Widdowson (Illustrator)
Kay Widdowson studied at Chesterfield College of Art and Design and then went on to work as an animator in children's television for five years. She then became a freelance illustrator of children's books and still works in this field, as well as designing for greetings cards and gift wraps. Kay's style is bold and bursting with luscious colours and unexpected shapes which fit together into her playful animal compositions - full of movement and energy. Recently, Kay has been licensing her designs for cross stitch magazines, fashion, wallart and products. Her recent clients include Oxfam (calendar and diary 2021) and Museums and Galleries. Kay has always been supervised by a cat or two throughout the years - the latest is Blue (Beebee).
