A retelling of the story of Moses' earliest years, from the Exodus 2, suitable for under-8s. The book is small enough for young children to hold on their own, and the pictures are attractive and engaging. The Bible story is accurately retold for children of this age group.
This book is part of a book series called Bible Pebbles .
There are 24 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Scripture Union Publishing .
Jenny Wood is an educationalist who has written many children's information books about religion. She lives in London.
This book contains the following story:
Moses in the Basket
The Pharoah of Egypt decrees that all the Hebrew boy babies should be drowned at birth. Yocheved hides her son, Moses, but as he grows this proves more tricky so she puts him in a basket in the reeds alongside the river Nile. One of the Pharoahs daughters hears the cries and rescues the baby, taking him to be raised alongside Egyptain royalty.