Perspective

Todd Burpo wrote "Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back" with the New York Time best-selling author, Lynn Vincent. He was not a writer, but he had a story to tell about the amazing things that happened in his son's life. As a pastor, Todd knew a lot about the Holy Bible and about God and Jesus. When his son started talking about heaven, he knew the Bible stories and the biblical passages that coincided with his son's description of heaven. The writers added Holy Bible passages into the text and included references so readers could smoothly see what he referred to without breaking the flow of reading.

The book was written in first person from Todd's point of view. Because of this, the reader had a clear idea of the inner workings of the family. Instead of merely...