Adventures of Kado

by Alice Mertie Underhill

From deep inside the jungle of India comes the story of a tiny native boy named Kado. Born into a family of savages, Kado grew up fearful of the spirits and spending his time learning the trades of the village. His home was dirty as it was shared with the family's livestock and had very little if any conveniences. When Christians come to his village with their magic and strange gods, Kado is intrigued. His curiosity grows stronger after a man is fatally bitten by a poisonous snake, but is miraculously healed by these strange white people. Before long, Kado is spending much time with the Christians, learning all he can about a God that loves him and a new way of life free from fear, filth and lawlessness. Over the next few years, Kado spends more time at the mission, and begins to share what he has learned with his friends and neighbors, although not always with positive results. Adventures of Kado is the true-to-life story of a native boy and how he grows from a regular savage's child, to an influential Christian.

124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1953

Reviews

[Janice]

I have always liked this story. My parents had a copy of this book as I was growing up. My husbands parents had one also. When my husband and I married in 1971 his mom gave us the few books she had purchased for her boys over the years. She said they bought this one in 1953 or 1954 at camp-meeting. Our boys loved this story as they were growing up. In the back of the book we had written dates when read and to whom or who read the book. It was not always written there. Our oldest son read it in 1984, our second son read it in 1986, it does not say when our third son read it. But I read it to our 3 youngest in 1988 and again in 1995. Of course I had read it to all of our children when they were younger. I would highly recommend it to ages 6-12.