David & Goliath With Record

by Barbara Shook Hazen

#218 Book And Record!!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Religion, Christian, Fiction, Classics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Luisa Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

We had this title growing up. It’s a good one.

Ages: 3 - 8

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[Skylar Burris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have the 1980's printing of this book, which I read as a child. I now read it to my daughter, and it was her favorite Bible story for a very long time. This is not as "sanatized" and is more complete than most children's versions of David and Goliath. The language is at a decent level; not too complex, and not dumbed down.

[raccoon reader · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hmm... we don't have any books with killings in it, so this was quite the departure. This 1974 book was tucked into a pile of hand me down books that we were reading through before deciding to keep or donate to the library.

This is tricky. I was raised Christian but am raising my son in a secular household where he learns about and hopefully will respect lots of types of believe systems. He goes to a school that includes Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and Atheist families. We specifically sent him to a private school because the public schools here teach, promote, and are tightly entwined with the Christian belief system. If you go to a public school and are anything other than a Christian faith you will be ostracized if it comes to light (this does not include Catholicism by the way, they too are treated as oddballs and witnessed to in hopes of "saving their souls." I think it has improved since the 90s when I was in school but there are LOTS of private Catholic schools in the area so that they too can escape the evangelical public schools). My public school graduation was held in the main church of our town.

All of this backstory is to say, we typically don't let religious storybooks into our home. We don't promote war or killing or prosecution of others because of their belief systems so this book was sort of a bomb going off. My six year old son was both in awe and sick fascination of what the eff was going on here. Phew. I tried my very best to explain everything respectfully without criticism of the book. He's heard of Christianity and knows what a church is, but explaining all the killing is hard. I don't think I realized how much of this I was taught as a child as soon as I could speak or sing and thought nothing about killing an entire town, or turning them to salt, or putting blood on their doors, or seeking the whole continent over for a boy child so the Big Bad King could kill him before he went on to die on a cross.

I asked him if he wanted to keep it in his bookshelf to read again or donate. Holy cows was I happy when he said donate. I won't keep him from reading the stories, but I'd rather talk to him about BLM and George Floyd than Goliath, honestly.

[Erica McDonald · Rating 3 out of 5]

This legend is a well-known story that I remember reading to my nephew. David and Goliath. The young shepherded boy who takes on the giant. The profit is in search for a new king and finds a boy with a heart for God. David confronts the giant and kills him with a stone and a sling. This is a legend that is down by the Hebrews and is always a reminder to have a heart on fire. The seemingly unnecessary details of this story hold much historical fact and religions gems. For instance, the five rock that David picks up, symbolize the five pillars of the Hebrew faith: faith, obedience, service, prayer, and the Holy Spirit. These stories are reminders for the people who have lost their hope. Who have fallen time and time again. Who have been beaten. This story is a reminder to always trust in the God who delivers. The boy David had faith and took down a giant what more could an entire people do with that kind of faith? That is the point of the story, I think. A hint of truth and a touch of hidden golden nuggets.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Veggie Tales version is way better.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5-4 stars

[Set · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is true to the story and not changed for the over sensitive youth of today that need vegetables to tell the tale. The drawing style is vintage, classic and rather nostalgic. The only thing I would change is that David was actually a red head, not a brunette.

[Renee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not great story telling for little kids. Pictures are just ok too.

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[Janelle Williams]

Eled 340 Picture Book. This bible story is fun to read especially with the illustrations.