The Missing Sheep: Learning from the Bible: Learning Postition Words from Biblical Building Blocks, Board Book

Your little one will love to discover the amazing animals, barn yard, and surrounding area inside this bright board book. There are many drawings to look at and talk about, with animals names and surrounding area, to read and learn, too. The pages are made from tough board for hours of fun reading, and the cover is easy for little hands to hold. Your 2 to 3 years old children enjoy the story that combines the concern of the shepherd for one lost sheep, with the teaching of familiar animal names as well as areas and places. The very young start learning about the Bible, animal names and Biblical principles, as Tobias, the book's hero, searches for one lost sheep.
Tobias is a shepherd who has 100 sheep. Every evening when Tobias brings his sheep back to the barn he counts all 100 sheep until one evening there are only 99. Is one sheep important when you still have 99? Yes, Tobias believes every sheep is very important. Children learn with fun, creative illustrations and a happy ending that will get kids cheering. This is a lively heppy story.

Author Jolanda Dijkmeijer was born in1958 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. She is a popular, published children's book author, inspired by her children and grandchildren. Her hobbies include playing violin, crafts and gardening. Illustrator Liza-Beth Valkema, was born in 1975 in the Netherlands into a creative family. At the age of 7 she wanted to illustrate children's books and wrote stories. She studied at the University of Groningen, Netherlands and at the School of Fine Arts in Oslo, Norway. She worked two years at the KunstVerket Galleri, a famous gallery in Oslo, as a consultant and then became a freelance illustrator. She now lives in the South Walstraat Elburg, Netherlands with her family.