With text retold in a lively style with plenty of dialogue, these stories introduce young children to 20 parables in a way that can be easily understood. Bright illustrations full of colour accompany the stories to engage the interest of young children. The parables include: The Sower / The Hidden Treasure / The Finest Pearl in the World / The Mustard Seed / The Great Feast / The Lost Sheep / The Workers in the Vineyard / The Two Sons / The Cunning Servant / The Rich Man and Lazarus / The Two Men at the Temple / The Widow and the Judge / The Friend at Midnight / Building a Tower / The Unforgiving Servant / The Two House Builders / The Three Servants / Building Barns for a Bumper Harvest / A Tale of Two Servants / The Ten Bridesmaids

 

This book is part of a book series called The Lion First Books Of .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Lion Hudson Plc .

Authors and illustrators include Lois Rock, Bob Hartman, Christina Goodings, Mig Holder, Alex Ayliffe, Christina Balit and Helen Cann. Sophie Piper is the pseudonym of an in-house author. Barbara Vagnozzi lives in Italy. She has illustrated for Child's Play as well as the Finger-Trail Tales and God Bless Me for Lion.

This book has the following chapters: The Sower 6 Matthew 13; also Mark 4 and Luke 8 The Hidden Treasure 10 Matthew 13 The Finest Pearl in the World 12 Matthew 13 The Mustard Seed 14 Matthew 13; also Mark 4 and Luke 13 The Great Feast 15 Luke 14 The Lost Sheep 19 Luke 15 The Workers in the Vineyard 24 Matthew 20 The Two Sons 29 Matthew 21 The Cunning Servant 31 Luke 16 The Rich Man and Lazarus 35 Luke 16 The Two Men at the Temple 38 Luke 18 The Widow and the Judge 40 Luke 18 The Friend at Midnight 42 Luke 11 Building a Tower 45 Luke 14 The Unforgiving Servant 46 Matthew 18 The Two House Builders 50 Matthew 7; also Luke 6 The Three Servants 52 Matthew 25 Building Barns for a Bumper Harvest 57 Luke 12 A Tale of Two Servants 59 Matthew 24 The Ten Bridesmaids 61 Matthew 25