The Prodigal Son: Level 1

by Crystal Bowman, Valerie Sokolova (Illustrator)

Overview

A Lesson in God’s Love

When a son asks his father for money and takes off in search of adventure, things don’t work out quite like he had hoped. Will his father welcome him back?

This is a Level One I Can Read! book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. It aligns with guided reading level H and will be of interest to children Pre-K to 3^rd grade.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310721550
Publisher:	Zonderkidz
Publication date:	02/28/2011
Series:	Zonderkidz My First I Can Read Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	732,413
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Crystal Bowman loves writing books for kids. Her books come in all shapes and sizes and many of them have become best sellers. Whether her stories are written in playful rhythm and rhyme, or short sentences for beginning readers, she tries to make them so enjoyable that kids will want to read them over and over again. "But the most important part," she says, "is to teach children that God loves them and cares about them very much."

Valerie Sokolova was born in Lvov, Ukraine. Later she moved to Minsk, Belarus, where she graduated from Belarus State Institute of Theatre and Art. She has illustrated over thirty children’s books in Russia. Valerie has also published books in the United States, including King Arthur’s Courage, The Golden Books Treasury of Christmas Joy, Thankful Together and Bella Basset Balerina. Valerie lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband Alex, daughter Nikkie and a friendly wild gecko in the basement.

Read an Excerpt

The Prodigal Son

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By Crystal Bowman

ZONDERVAN

Copyright © 2011 Zondervan
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-310-72155-0

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Chapter One

Once there was a father who had two sons. They lived in a big house.

They always had good food to eat and nice clothes to wear.

The father loved his sons very much, and he took good care of them.

He wanted to share all that he had with his two sons.

(Continues...)

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