I was intrigued by these rhymes and found I needed to use them almost as a daily reading to get the most out of them. I could not have told you that there were so many parables, yet when I came to read through they were all familiar. You really need to say them out loud with the appropriate emphasis to get the best feel for them. The Bible passage following each one is from the Authorised Version so the contrast is as great as it can be. Mike McGarvey has hit upon a novel way of attracting young people’s attention; he recites his rhymes to them, his goal ‘to stay as accurate to the original text as possible but to keep it whimsical’. He has succeeded!