Customer Reviews

David: The Shepherd's Song, Vol. 1

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We purchased this book for our 8.5 year old son. He has enjoyed it. It brought to life a valuable figure of the Bible that he is familiar with. With both parents as designers, we appreciated the quality with which the drawings were created. It seems very hard to find religious-based books that are designed with intelligence, uniqueness and beauty. I just wish we could find more...

This comic was well-paced, beautifully drawn, and even made you think a little bit. The art made me think of Disney's Tarzan and was very appropriate as they had similar action scenes.

Lepp may take a few liberties as David fights the lion to protect the lamb to make the story more dramatic and to create a parallel, but that does not detract in any way from the Biblical accuracy of the comic. It only serves to enhance the story.

Overall, it was a very poignant story that gets at what made David's heart so good in God's eyes and what makes his fall later on even more tragic.

The other one I would compare it with is Michaelangelo's marble David.

This book is sweet, warm, funny and no less a work of art. The boy David is so well drawn with his emotions and movement so clearly illustrated. I particularly love the one where he rescues the fallen little lamb with his shepherd's crook.

I used this book to tell my 10-year-old daughter about God and his special relationship with David. It more than magic, its better than magic. Its about heroes and human frailties. My daughter is bullied in school a lot and she needed to know that God favors those who know and abide in Him.

A treasure.....