This new edition of one of the Petershams' loveliest books tells simply but in detail the complete story of the life of this great religious leader.

We see him abandoned as a baby, and growing up in Egypt during the years of Bondage. We read how he led his people to Mount Sinai where God gave him the Ten Commandments, and how finally, after years of wandering, he brought his people to the Promised Land.

Maud and Miska Petersham visited the lands of the Bible as they worked on this book. Their lovely illustrations in color and black wash create stirring scenes faithful to the spirit of the Bible and to the story backgrounds. Together with the Petershams' other Old Testament stories, this book will be loved and enjoyed by children of all denonimations.

From the dust jacket of the 1958 The Macmillan Company edition