One Lost Sheep, written by bestselling author Rhonda Gowler Greene and illustrated by Margaret Spengler, introduces children to the icon Bible story and lets them know how much the Good Shepherd loves them.
One Lost Sheep, written by bestselling author Rhonda Gowler Greene and illustrated by Margaret Spengler, introduces children to the icon Bible story and lets them know how much the Good Shepherd loves them.
One Lost Sheep, written by bestselling author Rhonda Gowler Greene and illustrated by Margaret Spengler, introduces children to the icon Bible story and lets them know how much the Good Shepherd loves them.
Copyright 2007 by Rhonda Gowler Greene Illustrations 2014 by Margaret Spengler This title is also available as a Zondervan ebook. Visit www.zondervan.com/ebooks. Requests for information should be addressed to: Zonderkidz, 5300 Patterson Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 ISBN 978-0-310-73178-8 Scripture quotations marked NIrV are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Readers Version, NIrV. Copyright 1995, 1996, 1998 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Any Internet addresses (websites, blogs, etc.) and telephone numbers in this book are offered as a resource. They are not intended in any way to be or imply an endorsement by Zondervan, nor does Zondervan vouch for the content of these sites and numbers for the life of this book. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Zonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan. Editor: Barbara Herndon Art direction & design: Mary pat Pino Printed in China 14 15 16 17 18 /LPC/ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Then Jesus told them this parable:
Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesnt he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? Taken from Luke 15:34
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White and wooly,
hungry sheep grazing by a mountain, steep. Shepherd watching them with care, guards each one from beast and bear.
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Counts to make sure all are there
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One, two, three, four, five, six, even more
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