Zacchaeus and the Happy Day
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Written by award winning author, Rhonda Gowler Green Jonah and the Great Big Fish---Parents, grandparents, librarians, teachers, and children will find Jonah and the Great Big Fish captivating. Rhonda Gowler Greene's award-winning rhyming skills shine in this accurate retelling of the Bible classic. It shows how choosing to disobey carries deep consequences. Through vivid imagery children will experience Jonah's watery adventure and his heartfelt prayer for forgiveness. Zacchaeus and the Happy Day is a biblically accurate retelling of a classic New Testament story. Lessons about how the size of one's body doesn't measure the size of one's heart will appeal to young readers in an endearing way. RHONDA GOWLER GREEN remembers when she started writing---when her four kids all had chicken pox at the same time. It was a very bad week! To keep her sanity, she started writing stories. And she hasn't stopped. Rhonda lives in West Bloomfield, MI, with her handsome husband, Gary. SANTIAGO COHEN has illustrated a variety of projects, from HBO children's specials that have won Emmy and Peabody awards, to episodes of Troubles the Cat for Cartoon Network, as well as children's books. Santiago lives in Hoboken, NJ with his wife, children, and numerous pets.