The Bible that Rhymes

About the Book

This book was written by my Great Aunt Ella, during her 20's and 30's. It was a labor of love over 20 years. She had no children of her own, but intended the book to be read by very young children to tell the stories of the Bible in a simple, understandable, even memorable way. Aunt Ella took some license to add a moral or a message to each story. It is reminiscent of a time gone by; a more quiet time, uninterrupted by phones, TV, or even movies. In a way, however, it is timeless, like the bible itself. It is oh so much better to leave a child's mind at bedtime with a poetic bible story, than to have them go to sleep in front of the TV, watching the common fare that the major networks feed us between 8 and 10.

About the Author

Ella Hayden was born on August 31st, 1869. She taught a one-room school in Indiana for many years, and later moved to Oregon, where she also taught public school and "Sunday School". At age 72, she was still teaching; taking a train Sunday night from her home to another town, and staying there all week to teach in the public school. She never married, but loved children, and devoted many, many days to the quest of writing bible stories in rhyming verse. She died on March 9th at the age of 95.