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Jesus Rides Into Jerusalem: Matthew 21:1-11 for Children
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey as the multitudes cheer.
Previous title: The Donkey Who Served the King
Previous title: The Donkey Who Served the King
- GenresChildrens
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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June 30, 2021
This book is one that I have had lying around for some time and just haven't gotten around to it. Although it is based off of stories from the Bible, the book itself comes from another series from what I am guessing the children are a bit of a main drive. As a result it doesn't make for quite a good standalone since one of the driving points to an important decision was based off of looking back to an event in the past that would be quite recognizable to any Bible reader but not quite so for those who aren't quite faithful readers.
Anyway the text is very simple and basic while it reminds me of those You Can Read type of books but after that things get to be weird. First of all there are attempts to make the book rhyming so at least once on the page will you find a rhyming pair of lines but then the rest of the plot forgets that attempt in its telling. Another thing that I found strange was the fact that every line had to be capitalized even if it was a continuation of the line before it. When taken hand-in-hand with the fact that the term son was also capitalized when it didn't need to be I find that this book perhaps should have spent a bit more time in the publishing house before being released.
And although I like the concept of the story lesson that was included in the back I also just found it weird to make the children Christian. Although Jesus did have followers at that particular time there wasn't an open difference between practicing Jews and those who were following His teachings while children would more or less be at the mercy of their parents' as to what opinion they should have about religious teachers of the time.
In the end I can see that it would make for perhaps a good start on learning the tradition that led to Palm Sunday. But honestly I would have to say I would more or less be more likely to stick to the Bible on teaching about this holy day than I would fall back onto this book.
Anyway the text is very simple and basic while it reminds me of those You Can Read type of books but after that things get to be weird. First of all there are attempts to make the book rhyming so at least once on the page will you find a rhyming pair of lines but then the rest of the plot forgets that attempt in its telling. Another thing that I found strange was the fact that every line had to be capitalized even if it was a continuation of the line before it. When taken hand-in-hand with the fact that the term son was also capitalized when it didn't need to be I find that this book perhaps should have spent a bit more time in the publishing house before being released.
And although I like the concept of the story lesson that was included in the back I also just found it weird to make the children Christian. Although Jesus did have followers at that particular time there wasn't an open difference between practicing Jews and those who were following His teachings while children would more or less be at the mercy of their parents' as to what opinion they should have about religious teachers of the time.
In the end I can see that it would make for perhaps a good start on learning the tradition that led to Palm Sunday. But honestly I would have to say I would more or less be more likely to stick to the Bible on teaching about this holy day than I would fall back onto this book.
March 17, 2019
The Palm Sunday story told through the eyes of the children whose family owned the donkey Jesus rode.
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