Jonah and the Fish

Jonah and the Fish

Overview

2017 ECPA Christian Book Award Winner (Children category)
There is always another side to a story! In this fresh presentation of the story of Jonah and the fish, bestselling children’s author Dandi Daley Mackall has written a creative two-sided flip book. Designed to tell the same story twice from two different, biblical points of view, the book allows the reader to enjoy the story of Jonah and then literally flip the book to read the story from the perspective of the fish. Utilizing humor, adorable illustrations, and an innovative format, these books provide readers with the added bonus of two books in one.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781496411204
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Publication date: 08/09/2016
Series: Flipside Stories Series
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 10.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Dandi Daley Mackall is the author of numerous books for children, including Larger-Than- Life Lara. She lives in West Salem, Ohio, with her husband and their three children.

Read an Excerpt

CHAPTER 1

JONAH'S SIDE OF THE STORY

I'm Jonah of Israel. Life was just great, Till God told me something I chose to debate:

"Now go up to Nineveh! Here's what to do: Just tell them I love them the way I love you."

But I didn't like all those people up there. So here's what I said: "God, I just do not care!"

I bought me a ticket and sailed on a ship — The opposite way from that Nineveh trip.

But God stirred the waves with a fierce storm at sea. I told the ship's captain, "The problem is ME."

WAIT! YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE FINISHED, DIDN'T YOU?

IT'S TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK! CLOSE THEN FLIP THIS STORYBOOK!

THE FISH'S SIDE OF THE STORY

I'm a mighty big fish in a mighty big sea. There I lived and I ruled and I swam worry free. But I thought I was born for a deed brave and bold, And that deed hadn't come, though I'd grown very old.

Then a storm stirred the waves, and a howling wind blew. And I spotted a ship with a terrified crew. The waves rocked their boat. It could turn upside down! Unless someone saved them, I feared they'd all drown.

Then a voice I knew well said, "Today is the day! Now the deed I've prepared will be coming your way!" It was God, the Creator, who governs the seas. I would heed His command, for I wanted to please.

(Continues…)

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