Are you familiar with The Treasure, author/illustrator Uri Shulevitz’s multiple award-winning children’s book? A beautiful, wholesome book and proof that a child’s read is no place for ideological indoctrination: just keep it simple and heartfelt and your child will supply the rest. 😉
Summary: A poor man named Isaac has a dream that tells him to go to the city and search for treasure under the bridge near the Royal Palace. He pays no attention to it; after all, it is only a dream. But after he dreams the same dream twice more, Isaac decides he will journey to the city to search for the treasure. Though at times someone would give him a ride in their cart, he mostly he walks. Through forests and over mountains, he finally arrives at the city.
The bridge by the Royal Palace is guarded day and night. Isaac is afraid to search for treasure, but he keeps coming back until the Captain of the Guards asks Isaac why he is there. Isaac explains his dream and the Captain laughs at him. The Captain says if he was foolish enough to follow his dreams, he would be on a journey to the village where a man named Isaac lives, and dig up treasure under his stove. Isaac bows to the Captain and starts his long journey back home. He crosses mountains and walks through forests. Sometimes someone would give him a ride, but mostly he walks. He finally arrives at his village.
When he gets to his home, he digs under the stove and finds a treasure! In gratitude, he sends the Captain of the Guards a priceless ruby and builds a house of prayer with the inscription, “Sometimes one must travel far to discover what is near.” and lives the rest of his life happily. 🤗
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