A Precious Book

While comfortably reading on the sofa last night, I heard the familiar sound of the bed squeaking upstairs, indicating that pre-sleep children's storytime has come.

Then I hear Dad proclaim the opening words: "YO HO!" and I grin, knowing that the kids have chosen "A Tale of Two Princes," by the German author Eckart Zur Nieden (illustrated by Gisela Scheer, English text adapted by Mack Thomas).

Jess and I grew up with this book that overflows with colorful, intriguing pictures and the glorious message of redemption. Thanks, Davis Family, for this gift to us in 1994! A Tale of Two Princes is an analogy that teaches valuable lessons about man's states before and after the fall, the wicked insanity of sin, and the ultimate triumph of the Seed of the woman over the seed of the Serpent. Highly recommended for younger children (though I at 22 years of age could still sit for hours just looking at the illustrations!).