Daniel and His Very Good Friend

This short book tells the story of Daniel being thrown into the Lions' pit by his "friend" Darius (King of Persia). Ann Welty's illustrations are very cute. While children will be glad that Daniel survives the ordeal and that Darius changes the law so that no one has to pray to him as a deity, some children might wonder why Darius throws the "bad men" who had conspired against Daniel into the lion pit at the end of the story. Forgiveness is obviously mentioned, but is not held up in all cases.