I have been taught since a child and now also teach that the text should be viewed as revealing Christ to the world. My dad taught:

The Old Testament is Christ in EXPECTATION. When we read the stories and accounts, if we don't see Christ...we have not looked deep enough

The Gospels are Christ in INCARNATION

The Letters are Christ in EXPLANATION

And the last book is Christ in REVELATION

I have to agree with you. Instead of just teaching Daniel in the lion's den or Noah in the Ark to young children, we need to express how these stories reveal the nature of God and the expectation of the Messiah.