2003, Canon Press, 169 pp., pbk.

The author provides parents with a unique way of teaching proverbs to their children. Written with children five to twelve years of age in mind, Lithart has fashioned eighteen stories to bring the instruction of various proverbs into the thinking of children. Each story is written in the form of a fairy tale. Herein readers can expect to find a dragon, a talking animal, kings, servants, poisoned fruit, and damsels in distress.

Throughout the stories good triumphs over evil and acceptable sins in our day, such as greed, are shown to lead to ultimate loss and sadness.

Observant readers will find much teaching in these stories regarding the relationship of Christ to His church and other Biblical themes. Each story closes with a proverb quoted from Scripture as the moral of that story. Illustrations add to the attractiveness of the book.

These  well-crafted stories should hold the attention of the reader and be a good vehicle to transport important proverbs into the hearers’ thinking. Each story can be read at one sitting. Each is interesting enough to be reread and provide the basis for follow-up discussion by parents and children on the outworking of the teaching into the daily life of parents and children.

©2010 Byron Snapp, Hampton,Virginia