Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back is a 2010 best selling Christian book written by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. The book documents an alleged near death experience

Near death experience

A near-death experience refers to a broad range of personal experiences associated with impending death, encompassing multiple possible sensations including detachment from the body; feelings of levitation; extreme fear; total serenity, security, or warmth; the experience of absolute dissolution;...

 and purported visit to Heaven

Heaven

Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...

 by Burpo's then 4 year old son, Colton.

Summary

Burpo, a Christian pastor, claims that during the months after emergency surgery, Colton began describing events and people it was impossible for him to have seen or met. Examples include his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born. Colton also made other extra-biblical claims, such as that his deceased great-grandfather now possessed wings, and that the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of the Hebrew Bible, but understood differently in the main Abrahamic religions.While the general concept of a "Spirit" that permeates the cosmos has been used in various religions Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of...

 was blue and had the ability to "shoot down power" to his father, Todd. He also stated that he had personally sat in Jesus' lap, and looked into Jesus' blue eyes. Within three weeks of its November 2010 release, the book debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list. By January 2011, there were 200,000 copies in print, and the book hit #1 on the New York Times list.