Any child who has ever formed a simple mud pie with their fingers will take
delight in hearing a parent read at bedtime, 'Jesus, I feel close to You when I
sink my hands in the mud . . . I remember how You smeared mud on the blind man's
eyes--and then he could see!'

Any child who has ever scaled a tree will find himself pulled into the drama
with passages such as, 'Jesus, I feel close to You when I sit way high up in a
tree . . . I remember how Zacchaeus climbed a tree to see You better--and You
looked up and found him there!'

This charming, beautifully illustrated book invites children to compare their
own experiences with vividly presented scenes from Jesus' life such as working
side-by-side with Joseph in his carpenter's shop, being 'lost' in a crowd,
healing a blind man with mud, and, finally, Jesus' death and resurrection. …
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