Books in Spark Bible Stories series

The Sower highlights the different ways in which people listen to and act on God's word. In the story, a sower scatters some seed on the path, on rocky ground and among thorns, and each time the seed struggles to germinate and is ultimately lost. Only when the seed is sown into the good earth does it thrive. The different terrain represents the state of people's willingness to receive God's word and follow his instructions.

A nine-foot giant, puppet kings, a dazzling dancer, big fish travel, getting a drink out of a rock, the right and wrong ways to carry a box the size of a coffee table, what we can learn from ants, why it might be better to live on your roof than inside your house – these are just a few of the stories that you can enjoy between the covers of this very wacky book. Learn about odd ways of travelling and odd ways of doing things. Discover what Jesus said about pearls and pigs, wolves pretending to be sheep and how to be a shining light. Get the heads up on some scaredy-cat spies and find out about a host of unusual dynamic double acts. Using colourful cartoons and his own fun style of storytelling, Andy Robb brings fifty more Bible stories to life. In every one, he leaves you with a cliff hanger and a question – but don’t worry, he tells you where to look in your Bible to find out how the stories end!

This book retells the bible story of the two men who each built a house. "Whenever wind whistled through the windows, the house built on rock stood firm, but the house built on sand shook and shifted . . . The walls wobbled and lifted . . . until with a CRASH and a splash the house built on sand fell down flat!" The story conveys how Jesus instructed his disciples to build their faith on the solid foundations of his words. Next steps at the back of the book encourage further discussion and there's a rhyme for children to join in with and lots to spot.