Firebird

by McCorkle, Brent; Parker, Amy; Corley, Rob; Vollmer, Chuck

• ISBN13: 9781433679179
• ISBN10: 1433679175
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-10-01
• Publisher: B&H Books

Summary

What if God's love were like the sun, constant and unchanging? What if one day you realized nothing could take that away? Firebird is a bright orange baby oriole who just loves the sunshine. But whenever a storm blows in, he frets and asks Mama why God allows the rain to take the sun away. When Firebird is finally old enough, his mother gently instructs him to fly up through the thunder and lightning to see what's on the other side. It's a rough flight, and just when he's about to give up, Firebird rises above the storm to discover the sun shining where it always had been. God never lets the storm take the sun away. With that truth in his heart, Firebird continues to bask in the sunshine, but just as important, he learns to rejoice in the rain. Firebirdis a children's book that parallels the life of Samantha Crawford, a storybook artist in the inspiring new film Unconditional(scheduled for a theatrical launch in fall 2012) who has lost sight of God's love.

Author Biography

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Brent McCorkle wrote and directed the film Unconditional. His previous movie, The Rift, a metaphoric story about adoption, was a winner in The Doorpost Film Project 2009. Brent and his wife have five children. Amy Parker has written more than twenty books for children, teens, and adults including the best-selling A Night Night Prayer and three Mom\u2019s Choice Awards winners. Amy and her husband have two children. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATORS Rob Corley is a former Disney animator and worked on classic films including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and Aladdin. He has illustrated more than 25 children\u2019s books and lives in Franklin, TN. Chuck Vollmer has worked on Disney films from Mulan to The Princess and the Frog as well as on several VeggieTales DVDs and books.