An illustrated retelling of seventeen parables used by Jesus Christ in his teachings. Includes "The Good Samaritan," "The Lost Sheep," The Laborers in the Vineyard," and "The Prodigal Son.".

A retelling of one of Rabbi Nachman's tales in which a tailor, dreaming that the moon is cold in the sky, goes in search of a special fabric with which to make it a cloak.

Three knights set out on a perilous journey to reach the king's castle, but the only one to reach his goal is the one who was wise enough to listen to the song of the king.

In a secular world where telling the "fable" of Chistmas and Jesus Christ is against the law, a boy who learns about the life of Christ after he finds it written inside an old drum decides to spread the word.

Because he spends so much time perfecting his flying form instead of concentrating on getting food, a seagull is ostracized by the rest of the flock.

"In the seaside village of Frip live three families: the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her father. The economy of Frip is based solely on goatś milk, and this is a problem because the village is plagued by gappers: bright orange, many-eyed creatures the size of softballs that love to attach themselves to goats. When a gapper gets near a goat, it lets out a high-pitched shriek of joy that puts the goats off giving milk, which...

We all love a good story! A good story grabs our attention and stirs our emotions. And Jesus was a great storyteller-using stories to challenge our thinking and to awaken us into love. Yet, many of us ignore His curious, head-scratching stories called parables. Jesus Stories uncovers their timeless messages by taking us on a heartwarming journey of listening. The parables are often overflowing with humor and cunning wit. You may find yourself laughing...

A Sufi teaching tale from Afghanistan about an old woman who insists that an eagle must really be a pigeon.

A magnificent gyrfalcon, soaring in the air over rocky cliffs, is winged by a hunter and falls to earth wounded. Rescued and taken to a nearby farmhouse, the bird will irrevocably change the lives of her savior, Michael Somers, and the woman and child Somers comes to love. Somers has returned after many years to his hometown of Little River Bend to unlock the secrets from his own past that almost drove him to destroy his family in one night of irrational...

Who is Joshua and what is he up to? The answer to that question surprises the townspeople almost as much as their discovery of the same transforming power of love within each of their own hearts.