Stories of Heaven and Earth

Hara E. Person is a writer and editor of books for adults and children. She is also a rabbi and was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Diane Goetz Person, Ph.D., is the co-editor of The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature as well as the author of several books on using children’s literature in the classroom. A children’s librarian and a professor of education at Long Island University, she was a member of the 2003 Newbery Committee, and serves on several other committees of the American Library Association and the International Reading Association.Diane Goetz Person, Ph.D, is the co-editor of The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature as well as the author of several books on using children's literature in the classroom. A children's librarian and a professor of education at Long Island University, she was a member of the 2003 Newbery Committee, and serves on several other committees of the American Library Association and the International Reading Association.

"Outside of Sunday School, few children today read Bible stories. In this wonderful volume, Hara and Diane Person make a compelling case for the power of Biblical stories to teach our children ethical lessons, provide them with inspiring but real-life heroes, and help them grow emotionally. A scholarly work that is readily accessible to a general readership, it will hopefully convince parents to start reading their children the Bible stories that have fascinated and instructed young people for thousands of years."Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President, Union for Reform Judaism