My Model Esther the Virtuous Leader ,Volume 3, Ages 5-8
Part 1 In a powerful kingdom during the reign of King Ahasuerus, an elaborate feast was hosted by the king. King Ahasuerus invited many people, from great to small, to show the riches of his glorious kingdom. King Ahasuerus requested the queen, Queen Vashti, to show her beauty to his guests. Unfortunately, Queen Vashti ignored the king's request. This vexed the king, and he decrowned Queen Vashti. After a while, the king declared a search for beautiful damsels all over the kingdom with the intention of picking a new queen. At about the same time in Shushan the Citadel, the king's kingdom, there lived a Jew named Mordecai. He had a niece whom he trained as his own daughter because she had neither mother nor father. She was called Esther; she was lovely and beautiful, so the king's messengers chose her alongside other women to go to the palace so that the king could examine them all and select one as his new queen. Esther the Jew was favored among every othe...