In the latest of Elena Pasquali's 'Two Minute' storybooks, The Lion Book of Two Minute Parables (Kregel), these stories are retold for parents and children to read together.
Carolyn Larsen has been retelling stories from the Bible for little readers for a long time, with her Little Girls and Little Boys Bible Storybook line of books.
After writing about 12-year-old Andi and her horse Taffy in the Circle C Adventures book series, Susan Marlow started hearing parents ask if she had any books for younger readers.
"It is a message of hope, in this world when so many of our youth come to believe they have no value, that they can't make a difference, and that there is nothing to live for."