Jonah - A Girl?

This week we are learning about Bible heroes. It is always my "most favorite" theme in our classroom because I learn so much from the children. It is really fun to talk about today's heroes and those from very familiar Bible stories. Well today I was informed by one of our girls that Jonah could have been a girl. I could not really dispute this and we had lots of fun talking about how the story would have been different if Jonah wasn't a boy. This might be silly, but it made this story a little more contemporary for some in our room. (Please note the hair bow on the whale and "Joanie.")