Barclay & Berk Builders

Beverley Rayner

Description

Award-winning children's author Beverley Rayner and artist illustrator James Hensman have teamed together to produce a cleverly-told and colorfully-illustrated children’s adaption of the well-known parable of the wise and foolish builders. Based on Jesus’ parable in Matthew, chapter seven the book teaches with a narrative that will appeal to a young audience ages five-eight, without diminishing the integrity and intent of Jesus’ words.

Barclay and Berk can build just about anything, from sandboxes to jungle gyms, but right now, they both need a house. Barclay plunges into his project with eager decisiveness, while Berk is cautious with making each building choice. When their springtime of hope turns into a stormy winter gale, Barclay discovers the valuable lesson that enthusiasm alone may not be enough to keep your walls from falling down.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Early Readers
• Religious
• Value (personal and cultural)
• Parable
• Christian

Informations

• Publié par: Castle Quay Books
• Date de parution: 16 octobre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781988928562
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Barclay & Berk Builders: A Parable
Copyright ©2021 Beverley Rayner
Published by Castle Quay Books
Burlington, Ontario, Canada and Jupiter, Florida, U.S.A.
416-573-3249 | [e-mail] | www.castlequaybooks.com
Illustrations by James Hensman
Cover design and book interior by James Hensman
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
All rights reserved. This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the publishers.
978-1-988928-55-5 Soft Cover
978-1-988928-56-2 E-book
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Barclay and Berk builders : a parable / retold by Beverley Rayner ; illustrated by James
Hensman.
Other titles: Adaptation of (Work): Bible. Matthew, VII, 24-27.
Names: Rayner, Beverley, author. | Hensman, James, illustrator.
Description: Adaptation of: Matthew 7:24–27.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210297654 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210297662 | ISBN 9781988928555
(softcover) | ISBN 9781988928562 (EPUB)
Subjects: LCSH: House built upon a rock (Parable)—Juvenile literature. | LCSH: Bible stories—New
Testament.
Classification: LCC BT378.H68 R39 2021 | DDC j226.2/09505—dc23




DEDICATED TO TORIN
Future digger and builder of all things wonderful.
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labour in vain. Psalm 127:1 NIV
Dedicated to the memory of the two people who started directing my creativity: Shirley Hensman and Lorraine Sells. — James Hensman





Barclay and Berk are builders, both solid and firm, with bulging biceps. Together they can build just about anything—from sandboxes to bike ramps, tree houses, and jungle gyms. They do it all. But right now, they each need a house.




Barclay is thinking about the big house he wants to build. It will have large windows, so sunshine slips into every corner, a wooden entrance with seven steps leading up to a bright yellow door, and maybe even a turret on top!