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Stories of Heaven and Earth: Bible Heroes in Contemporary Children's Literature
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Stories of Heaven and Earth: Bible Heroes in Contemporary Children's Literature, by Hara E. Person and Diane G. Person. New York: Continuum, 2005. 287 pp. $34.95.
"The stories that are focused on [here]... are tales in which a significant transition takes place on the part of the hero, a transition from innocence, naiveté and youth, whether metaphorical or actual, to adulthood" (p. 18). Thus the Persons introduce their descriptions and analyses of biblical "hero journey tales" for children (p. 22). The Persons are interested in a body of children's stories based on biblical narratives, which they evaluate with reference to "how [they] deal with the ambiguity and very real humanity …
