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Featured Author: Rita Hestand for Romancing the Web Reviews (http://www.crosswinds.net/~romancingtheweb) Rating ***** 5 stars
Karen Beck has surpassed herself as an author bringing to children the story of Esther, in an easy to understand book from the bible. Along with the beautiful illustrations comes the familiarly told story of the girl who would be queen.
Esther is a little jewish girl who dreams of becoming queen one day. Little does she know just how true her dream becomes. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, her guardian, Mordecai introduces her to the King Ahasuerus. The king likes Esther and makes her part of his court of ladies, one of which will be chosen Queen. Because of her unselfishness, the King chooses her to be his queen.
When Mordecai hears of a threat to kill the king, he informs Esther and she tells the king.
A man named Haman is promoted to be of great importance and all must bow to him. Mordecal because of his beliefs in God, refuses to bow to Haman. Haman is angry and wants Mordecai hanged, along with all the other Jews.
When Esther hears of this, she tells Mordecai to fast for three days and she will speak to the king herself.
Mordecai fears for her life, but does as she wishes, and tells all the Jews to do this.
Haman orders a gallows for Mordecai, all the while he is invited by the King and Queen to a banquet.
I won't tell the complete story for it will ruin it for others, but I must say that this kind of storytelling does more than just entertain a child, it enlightens them to the bible and God. And this above everything else in life is about a important in life as anything I can think of. I cannot praise Karen Beck enough in her attempt to bring children one of the best stories in the bible. Even though it is written for children, even adults have to love the story and the beauty of this book. What a grand book to add to any children's collection. I'm more than a little proud to give this one a full five stars!!! A must read for young and old.
Featured Author: Christina Lewis, Book Reviewer Esther is a young Israeli girl who dreams of becoming Queen someday. As she grows into a kind and beautiful young woman her dream comes true when the king chooses her as his queen. Esther's Uncle Mordecai, who raised her since childhood, stays near the palace to be close to Esther. When the king promotes a man named Haman to be over all the princes, Mordecai refuses to bow down to him. This makes Haman furious, and to punish Mordecai Haman decides to have all of the Jews in the kingdom destroyed. Will Mordecai and Queen Esther be able to save their people before it is too late?
This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Queen Esther, who risked her own life to save the lives of her people.
Featured Author: Carolyn Scheidies, Author's Choice Book Reviews (http:/pages.ivillage.com/crscheidies/bookreviews/id4.html) Esther is a beautifully illustrated ebook that tells the story in an unpretentious style that closely follows the Biblical account of brave Queen Esther who saves her people. The combination of pictures and text will keep the little one interested until the final frame.
Featured Author: Karen Lovett for Women on Writing (http://www.womenonwriting.com/childrens.html#esther) It seems every little girl since the beginning of time has dreamed of growing up to be someone special. Although their idea of someone special changes with the situation and age, the dream of growing up to be a queen or at least being treated like one is fairly common. Esther had that same dream.
Review:
Karen Beck has taken a beloved story from the bible and made it into a fun read for children by showing a young girl growing up and the dreams that guided her way. The child will be drawn in by the gentle friendship of Esther and Isabelle. The story moves quickly to keep the child's attention to the end.
Recommendations:
This book is highly recommended for both the child that has grown up with bible stories and religion on a regular basis or one that has not had that opportunity. When my son saw the book on my computer screen, he wanted to read it too. After printing it out for him, I was blessed with a sight that melted my heart as he sat and read the book from cover to cover.
Karen Beck succeeds in writing a book that retells a story from the bible in a way that will appeal to a reader whether or not they are familiar with the bible. The religion does not mask the overall theme of ESTHER.
ESTHER is currently available from Writers-Exchange E-Publishing in PDF, HTML, Microsoft reader (lit), and CD ebook formats. The formatting of the book and the eye catching illustrations show the quality and care that was taken in producing a book worthy of the story written by Karen Beck. The ebook is reasonably priced which adds to overall impression that you will want to read more books by this author and publisher combination.
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