This lovely tale acts as a frigate to whisk one away to another place and time—and to an evocative depth of Christian wisdom. Profound meanings lie beneath the surface of its gentle, parable-like text, and its masterful, child-friendly art. The Narrow Gate urges its readers to think about the things and concepts that impede our entering fully into a life with Christ. It employs persons, ideas, and things familiar to children and then raises these very elements to the level of symbolism. Once the readers of this book encounter the author-artist team's thought-provoking appendix—which, as a bonus, comprises a comprehensive study guide—they will want to return to the book time and time again to ponder what they might have missed, but which was there all along in the Schluenderfritzes’ renderings: that in order to arrive at the font of life-giving waters, we must be willing to leave the all else behind.