Joel Schoon-Tanis paintings explore God’s creation and stories from a whimsical child-like perspective. By combining realism and childlike drawings, Joel retells the Biblical narrative in a whimsical manner. This technique allows him to shed fresh light on stories that have informed civilization since people started telling them around the campfire.

This book is an example of how Joel has has drawn together his faith and art in a new way. He is painting the overreaching theme of reconciliation found from the beginning to the end of the Bible, and doing so through the eyes of a child. This book is sure to please readers young and old. Fun, color, whimsy, and truth are on display in a way that will encourage the reader to think anew about the stories they’ve heard time and again.