A prominent Bangladeshi Catholic musician has written a book containing Bible stories that rhyme to help Christian children read and understand the Bible better. Card Patrick D’Rozario of Dhaka launched the book called Chhonde Pobitro Bibeler Golpo (Selected Stories from the Holy Bible in Rhyme) written by Bartholomew Prottyush Shaha on Nov. 19 in Dhaka.
The 56-page Bengali language book is a collection of 25 stories from the Bible in verse form.
“Children like rhymes and they can easily memorize them. My intention is to offer children an opportunity to learn and grow an interest in the Bible at an early age. I hope this book will be use-ful for children in schools and at home,” Shaha, told.
The income from the book would go to Pratibeshi Prakashani, the publisher and publication wing of Catholic Bishops’ Christian Commu-nication centre, he said.
Over the years, he has composed over 100 religious songs and 45 have found place in Geetaboli (Songs), a popular Bengali Mass hymnal widely used in church liturgy.
