Bob Hartman is a professional storyteller and award-winning children’s author of over seventy books. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but now lives in Wiltshire. He has been entertaining audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for over 30years with his books and performances, which bring together retellings of Bible stories and traditional tales from around the world with his own imaginative stories. His books are full of humour and insight, whilst his storytelling sessions are exciting, engaging, dynamic – and above all, interactive! The Lion Storyteller Bible is used in schools across the United Kingdom as part of a Bible project called Open the Book, and is regularly performed for over 800,000 children in more than 3,000 primary schools. He is well known for his hugely popular The Lion Storyteller collection, the Telling the Bible series, and the highly acclaimed picture books: The Wolf Who Cried Boy, Dinner in the Lions’ Den and The Three Billy Goats’ Stuff.

“Bob Hartman has developed a well-deserved reputation as a master story teller, and his previous books... have established him as an important writer of children’s books.”

• Contents1 An Ambitious Student 72 The Persecutor 153 A U-Turn 214 The Encourager 295 The So-Called Magician 376 It’s Good News for Everyone 437 Mistakes in Worship 518 What Really Matters 599 A Burden Lifted 6510 Everyone Matters 7111 Happy in Jail! 7712 Serving a Different King 8513 “An Unknown God” 9114 Love and Rejection 9715 Broken Rules and Broken Images 10316 A Sad Farewell 10917 Being Jewish in Jerusalem 11518 Disputes in Jerusalem 12319 Guilty or Free? 13120 Storms and Danger 13921 Shipwrecked! 14522 Rome, At Last 151

Bob Hartman is a professional storyteller and award-winning children’s author of over seventy books. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but now lives in Wiltshire. He has been entertaining audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for over 30years with his books and performances, which bring together retellings of Bible stories and traditional tales from around the world with his own imaginative stories. His books are full of humour and insight, whilst his storytelling sessions are exciting, engaging, dynamic – and above all, interactive! The Lion Storyteller Bible is used in schools across the United Kingdom as part of a Bible project called Open the Book, and is regularly performed for over 800,000 children in more than 3,000 primary schools. He is well known for his hugely popular The Lion Storyteller collection, the Telling the Bible series, and the highly acclaimed picture books: The Wolf Who Cried Boy, Dinner in the Lions’ Den and The Three Billy Goats’ Stuff.

“Bob Hartman has developed a well-deserved reputation as a master story teller, and his previous books... have established him as an important writer of children’s books.”

• Contents1 An Ambitious Student 72 The Persecutor 153 A U-Turn 214 The Encourager 295 The So-Called Magician 376 It’s Good News for Everyone 437 Mistakes in Worship 518 What Really Matters 599 A Burden Lifted 6510 Everyone Matters 7111 Happy in Jail! 7712 Serving a Different King 8513 “An Unknown God” 9114 Love and Rejection 9715 Broken Rules and Broken Images 10316 A Sad Farewell 10917 Being Jewish in Jerusalem 11518 Disputes in Jerusalem 12319 Guilty or Free? 13120 Storms and Danger 13921 Shipwrecked! 14522 Rome, At Last 151

Bob Hartman is a professional storyteller and award-winning children’s author of over seventy books. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but now lives in Wiltshire. He has been entertaining audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for over 30years with his books and performances, which bring together retellings of Bible stories and traditional tales from around the world with his own imaginative stories. His books are full of humour and insight, whilst his storytelling sessions are exciting, engaging, dynamic – and above all, interactive! The Lion Storyteller Bible is used in schools across the United Kingdom as part of a Bible project called Open the Book, and is regularly performed for over 800,000 children in more than 3,000 primary schools. He is well known for his hugely popular The Lion Storyteller collection, the Telling the Bible series, and the highly acclaimed picture books: The Wolf Who Cried Boy, Dinner in the Lions’ Den and The Three Billy Goats’ Stuff.

“Bob Hartman has developed a well-deserved reputation as a master story teller, and his previous books... have established him as an important writer of children’s books.”

• Contents1 An Ambitious Student 72 The Persecutor 153 A U-Turn 214 The Encourager 295 The So-Called Magician 376 It’s Good News for Everyone 437 Mistakes in Worship 518 What Really Matters 599 A Burden Lifted 6510 Everyone Matters 7111 Happy in Jail! 7712 Serving a Different King 8513 “An Unknown God” 9114 Love and Rejection 9715 Broken Rules and Broken Images 10316 A Sad Farewell 10917 Being Jewish in Jerusalem 11518 Disputes in Jerusalem 12319 Guilty or Free? 13120 Storms and Danger 13921 Shipwrecked! 14522 Rome, At Last 151