The stories in the Bible continue to be told and retold, learned and loved by every generation and every age level. Here are some of the most popular and some that seldom get much attention, all told from a different perspective, for young readers to get to know these wonderful people of the Bible and learn how to tell their own stories about them.

Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ, is archivist of the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S.-Canada Province and former Professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, and Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth. She is past president of the Catholic Biblical Association and the Society of Biblical Literature.