Welcome to the Journey: A Baptism Gift

About Bob Hartman

Bob Hartman is a professional storyteller and award-winning childrens 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 800000 children in more than 3000 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.   Raffaella Ligi was born in Urbino Italy. Since 1997 she has been working as illustrator mostly for children books and collaborating with many book publishers all over the world. She is the illustrator of Alive Again! The Easter Story Welcome to the Journey The Newborn King and The Lion Picture Bible. She now lives and works in Zurich Switzerland.