The Story of Jesus as Told in The Donkeys’ Tales

As a young donkey''s mother recounts to him the story of the Great Miracle, he learns about the birth and early life of Jesus. From the nativity to the flight from King Herod through the desert to the Christ child''s discourse with the teachers in the temple, the miraculous events of Jesus''childhood are recounted from the perspective of the donkey. Present at Jesus'' birth and again on the occasion of his ride into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the donkey is a scriptural witness to the life of Christ and provides a touching and inspired account of the story of Jesus.

Birmingham, Alabama, native Adele Bibb Colvin graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt with a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy. She is an active member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham where she has taught Sunday school and been elected to the vestry. She has also served on the board of a state youth offender facility and tutored there through a local literacy program. In addition to writing children’s books, Colvin is an inspired songwriter and lyricist, and her work has been published in songbooks, recorded commercially, and used in the worship services of churches of many different denominations. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in the Southern Breeze regional division and is a member of the Alabama Writers’ Forum. When she is not writing books and music or spending time with her seven grandchildren, she enjoys reading and oil painting. She lives with her husband in Birmingham, Alabama.