TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hitjo Garst
AU  - Olive McKinley
AU  - Anja Shanmugampillai
TI  - The Most Mighty Branch : Stories from the Life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
SN  - 9780853985136
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - George Ronald
KW  - 'Abdu'l-Baha
KW  - Children's Literature
KW  - Baha'i Faith
KW  - Biography
N1  - 65 short stories about ‘Abdu’l-Bahá suitable for children’s classes, for children to read themselves and for reading aloud. Who was ‘Abdu’l-Bahá? Why was He called ‘the Most Mighty Branch’? Why was he a prisoner for 60 years? The Most Mighty Branch answers these questions in a simple, straightforward style. 
The book covers all important events of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s childhood, his imprisonment in ‘Akká, his journeys to the West, and his significance as Centre of the Covenant of the Bahá’í Faith. Beautifully written by Hitjo Garst, a writer for children with long experience of teaching children’s classes, this translation by Olive McKinley captures the style and spirit of the original and is captivatingly illustrated by Anja Shanmugampillai. Also in this series; From Mountain to Mountain, The Herald and His Heroes, Shoghi Effendi
N2  - Biographical account of 'Abdu'l-Bahá for youth, translated from Dutch
ER  -