Children’s Parables: Earthly Stories With Heavenly Lessons

Karen Frantz tells stories to children at her church in Jackson’s Gap on Sundays. From reading the stories in “Children’s Parables,” I expect story time is a highlight of the week for many of the children at the church. 

 

This little book is a collection of stories intended to communicate biblical truths to children. The stories are short, use children as their main characters and each ends with a Bible verse that ties back to the story. The stories are imaginative and varied, and seem likely to appeal to young children.

 

Curiously, the book has no introduction and no foreword. One or both would have been useful for the reader, who might be interested in a little more information about the author or her suggestions for using the stories. Also a few suggestions for discussion with children after each story would have been helpful.