The Good Samaritan and Other Parables of Jesus

The Good Samaritan and Other Parables of Jesus

Accomplished author and illustrator team, Lois Rock and Sophie Allsopp, have come together again to create another beautiful Bible story collection. Twenty parables, widely loved for their insight and wisdom, are retold and illustrated with elegant pictures to make an anthology with a classic feel. Contents: The Sower A Lamp Under a Bowl The Mustard Seed Hidden Treasure A Perfect Pearl The Man Who Had Everything Rich Man Poor Man The Great Feast The Two Men at the Temple The Unforgiving Servant The Growing Seed Wheat and Weeds The Lost Sheep The Runaway Son Knock, Knock, Knocking The Widow and the Judge The Good Samaritan The Two Sons The Two Servants The Two Builders. Here is the story of the birth of Jesus, retold with simplicity and sincerity from the Bible. It is the story of heaven on earth - the story at the very heart of Christmas. Sophie Piper is the pseudonym of an in-house author. Sophie Allsopp spent her childhood endlessly painting, sewing, cutting,and sticking - basically making stuff all the time (except when she wasexploring). She studied for an illustration degree in Bath, then set upan illustration business with help from the Prince's Youth Business Trust, which has flourished with a wide range of clients ever since. In herspare time she still makes stuff - jewellery, dresses and needle felting(amongst other things!)