2007 Copyright Dragonfly Ministries
 

"A Walk With Papa"
Written by Patty Zemanick
Illustrated by Sandra Hammack

 

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Children's book explains the message of Salvation.



Book Summary

This children's book is a wonderful way to introduce someone to Jesus and to explain salvation to them. In this story, a grandfather (Papa) invites his granddaughter to join him on a walk. The journey begins in a hay field, then moves into a forest, they travel alongside a stream and eventually arrive at a hilltop. The details of their journey are vividly described giving the reader the feeling that they are walking with the two travelers. Mid-point in the story, Papa and the child reflect on their journey and a conversation about Jesus begins. Papa points out things they experienced while walking that brings the salvation story to life. The book culminates in the child's tender prayer to Jesus where she simply prays, “Jesus – I do love you. Please come into my heart. Forgive me for my sins. From you, I’ll never part.” The last two pages of the book include scripture references which will lead the reader into a deeper understanding of the gift Christ gave us in His gift of forgiveness and eternal life.

Hardback, full color, 32-pages


 

The Midwest Book Review:

"A Walk with Papa" is an illustrated, 32-page hardback children's book that tells the story of the salvation offered by Jesus to all. Told in simple verse as the experience of a nature walk shared between father and daughter unfolds, "A Walk with Papa" delivers its message clearly through loving images. Biblical quotations underlying the text are listed at the end of the book, and fragile, delicately toned illustrations convey the meanings that are sometimes hidden in natural or mundane images and words. "A Walk with Papa" is a gentle invitation to children to accept the gift of Christian salvation offered to all by Jesus. "A Walk with Papa" is published by Dragonfly Ministries, "an on-line Bible study resource for spiritually hungry women to study God's word in the comfortable setting of theri homes."