Baby Moses in his basket of reeds is an image that always appeals to children. What they may not realize is that Moses' delivery is a type of baptism, and that it prefigured the infant Jesus' escape into Egypt from Herod.

About the author and illustrator Mother Melania is a member of the community of St. Barbara Orthodox Monastery in Santa Barbara, California. Bonnie Gillis is an iconographer and illustrator. She lives in Langley, B.C. where her husband, Father Michael, is pastor of a new Orthodox mission.