This story starts with a little boy who is scared of the dark. He asked his grandpa why he is scared. Grandpa tells him a story about the little lightlings. They disobeyed their king and were hiding from him in the dark where they got hurt. One day they saw some light and some ran away and some ran to see what the light was. They found a father and mother lightling with a baby lightling. They ran back to the other lightlings to tell them what they saw. Those who had seen the baby began to have light again. Grandpa tells him he is afraid of the dark because he was made to live in the light.

The king in Grandpa’s story is God. The lightlings are the people that God created. The baby lightling is Jesus. The story tells me that when people disobey God they are in the dark. God made us to live in the light which is where God is. Jesus came to give us light.

I liked this book because it was interesting how they find God’s Son and obey him.

~ Little Princess

This book is a well written allegory of creation, the fall, and redemption made possible through the coming of Christ. It is a beautifully illustrated book that keeps the attention of the reader. It addresses a common fear that children have and shows why we are confronted with this fear and what God has done to address it. At the end of the book there are several pages of questions to ask your child with scripture to help you know how to explain the allegory more fully. We enjoyed this book and hope that you will too.

~ Michele