Elijah & Jonah CD -Bible Story Software from Sunday Software

These are exceptional concepts to teach, and now you know why we are very pleased to bring you our Elijah & Jonah CD.

Update! We have released version 1.2 of E&J. This update makes it fully compatible with Vista, Windows 7, and OS 10.4+.
Check your CD's label for version info. Version 1.1 owners can download the free update here.

Elijah and Jonah CD is a wonderful set of interactive multimedia lessons and content-oriented games for children ages K through Teen set in an "interactive comicbook interface... the first of its kind. All the story content is narrated --making it usable by the youngest students. The artwork, study content, and humor is sophisticated enough for teens. The story text/narration is 97% straight from scripture, with only minor modifications for clarity.

Elijah's 3 stories can be used as one lesson or three individual lessons:

Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath
Elijah, Ahab & Jezebel
the Prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel,
the Still Small Voice
Elijah passes his mantle to Elisha and leaves on a chariot of fire

Elijah's 3 stories include mini-games that reinforce content.

Jonah's story is certainly one of the most beloved, and with good reason. It teaches....

-How compassionate IS God?

-Who deserves God's goodness?

-How DO we reach out to those who are different and sinful in the eyes of God?

-What's our mission?

Other CDs which have attempted the Jonah story seems to get stuck on "the whale." Ours does not. While he's certainly fun, we also highlight the conduct of the sailors and the Ninevites, and contrast them to Jonah's GRUMBLING self-righteousness. We explore the argument between God and Jonah over the plant and city. Our Jonah tells the WHOLE story. Our Jonah story is 98% word for word from the scripture, wonderfully drawn animated graphics backed with great music and strong character voices. Jonah's story also features several games. Read on!

Win/Mac* Ages 6-Teen
Read system requirements carefully below

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View the Elijah-Jonah Outline & Teaching Tips

More about Elijah & Jonah CD unique "interactive comicbook interface"

This CD's animation, illustrations and navigational are unlike anything we've ever produced. Student and Teachers have tremendous navigational control --flipping pages and interacting with individual panel in the comic book-like layout. We've created mini-game throughout each story that reinforce content, and pop-up study notes that include mini-quizzes, questions, and narrated points.

Both these stories are filled with humorous animations, interactivity and content-related GAMES.

In Smoochie the Whale's "Spittin' Game, for example, students blast Jonah from the whale's mouth and try to land him in the right places. They learn about the people, situations and places where God wants us to go and share his message.

JONAH has two content-oriented games built into it: Smoochie's Spittin' Game (about where Prophets are supposed to go), and Wormie's Game (about taking away Jonah's comfort zone)

ELIJAH has four games built into it. Including "Baal Invaders" and "Catch me if you can."

Each story also has several "mini-games" throughout the story. And there's a two player quiz game "all about Elijah's stories" on the CD. It's sort of like an onscreen board game.

In addition to the games and main storytelling, each story has a variety of activities, study notes and quiz questions which appear throughout each story. Our navigational style allows you EASY access to all the content and activities.

Our free outline details every part of the story, content and games.

PREVIEW Elements of this CD:

Hear Jonah argue with God

Hear the Widow of Zarephath respond to Elijah

Watch a videoclip of Elijah & the Widow

Watch a videoclip of Elijah, Ahab, and the Still Small Voice

Watch a videoclip of Jonah
(1 to 2mb streaming files)

CD's Age Range:
Age Range: K through Teen.

View the Elijah-Jonah Outline & Teaching Tips

How can it be Kindergarten through Teen?
When I design a CD for Sunday Schools, it makes good sense to make sure it "stretches" across a wide age range. The secret is to make it sophisticated enough for the older kids, without putting in barriers to the younger ones ~who will have teachers helping them. I make sure we don't put in anything that older kids might think is "baby-ish". I put in some 'extra' content specifically for older students (4th and up) which teachers can zero in on. In the Elijah-Jonah CD, the humor, some of the games, and many of the content pop ups are especially for older students. <>< Neil

Single Copy Price = $25

Order it now using our online order form

Quantity Prices
2 to 4 copies = $22 each
5+ copies = $20 each
8+ copies = $18 each

System Requirements:
Windows 98se/Me/XP/Vista*/Window7*
or Mac OS 10.3 or earlier only.

333mhz, 96mb RAM, 8mb videoram minimum
500mhz or higher recommended

Important Operating System Note:
Some users are experiencing problems with 'access denial' in some versions of Vista.

August 2010 we'll release a free update to help Elijah-Jonah CD run in Vista, Windows 7, and OS 10.x. Update info will be emailed via our email newsletter.

Older Windows operating systems may need to update their Flash Player to get the CD's flash elements to work. Version 1.1 of the CD has the updated Flash Player in a folder on the CD in case you need it.

Mac OS X 10.3 or earlier install note: Drag the Elijah hqx file and source folder from the CD to your Mac desktop before "unzipping/unarchiving it."

Version Note: In Version 1.1 we added a "jump menu" under the Options button on the Main Menu which allows you to access all the games on the CD without going through the stories. If you still have version 1.0 and would like to upgrade to the improved version 1.1, contact us.

See a lesson plan for Elijah & the Widow of Zarephath that uses our Elijah-Jonah CD