Best Children's Picture Bibles
In a beautiful padded format ideal for gifting, this child-focused collection of Bible stories is perfect for first readers.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's much baby friendlier than the Bible stories we bought separately."
"Other than being several months late in its arrival, the book is very nice."
"Such a sweet little book!"
"Just perfect for my new great grand daughter."
"Love the book!"
Each story highlights for young children God s story of redemption through Jesus and the unexpected ways that God s grace and mercy are revealed throughout the Bible.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Bright pictures and simple fun stories to encourage and grow little ones in the faith."
"Amazing resource."
"With this knowledge, my drive has been to teach the youth at church how to read the Bible in such a way. The specific biblical texts are mentioned at the beginning of each story so parents and children can open their Bibles and read the passages of Scripture the children’s book is summarizing. In the featured Old Testament passages, Kennedy directs the child and parent to see how the text looks to Jesus, but some connections are more convincing than others. Although my preference remains of including passages like 2 Samuel 7 at the exclusion of less crucial ones to the promises of God in Christ, the critique in no way takes away from this book. The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible by Jared Kennedy provides parents with a solid resource to teach their children how all of the Bible points to Jesus Christ."
"This last year I have read various different children’s Bible story books to my daughters and some of them had strange illustrations or were to abstract in its artwork. But there were times I was impressed such as the book being very clear and explicit that God’s promise to save sinners began in the Garden of Eden after the Fall. I think it is important not to distract kids from the main story and also that we must be careful that we don’t use literary license to insert something that clearly was not the case since it could be distracting and against the spirit of a story book Bible which is about spreading the truth of God’s Word. NOTE: This book was provided to me free by New Growth Press and Litfuse without any obligation for a positive review."
"Mr. Machowski highly recommends Jared Kennedy's (MDiv, ThM) The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible saying, "...I will be placing a copy of this book in all our children's ministry classrooms and recommending that every family in our church with small children add it to their bookshelf." High praise from a pastor and children's book author."
Illustrations and simplified text present stories from the Bible.
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"Good product and fast shipping, I'm really enjoying this."
"I got this ages ago for my kids and they poured through it a thousand times."
"Each page has 12 wonderfully animated pictures which keep young eyes captivated."
"This is by far the best and most complete Bible Book I have seen."
"My daughter absolutely LOVE it to read the true word of God along with very colorful pictures to help imagine how the people, places and things looked back in those days."
"The illustrations are realistic rather than cartoonish (which I think is important as you stress the reality of the stories)and the text is simple but true to the original."
"Very satisfied."
Best Children's Bible Stories
A Bible like no other, The Jesus Storybook Bible invites children to join in the greatest of all adventures, to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the center of God's great story of salvation---and at the center of their Story too. “I would urge not just families with young children to get this book, but every Christian–from pew warmers, to ministry leaders, seminarians and even theologians! Sally Lloyd-Jones has captured the heart of what it means to find Christ in all the scriptures, and has made clear even to little children that all God’s revelation has been about Jesus from the beginning–a truth not all that commonly recognized even among the very learned.” – Dr. Timothy Keller, NYC ( Dr. Timothy Keller ).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I've tried three or four toddler Bibles, but they ranged from the meaningless and banal (Read With Me Bible For Toddlers) to the downright horrifying in their interpretation (The Story For Little Ones). The Jesus Storybook Bible, on the other hand, seeks to show how God's plan of salvation is unfolding through each story, and largely succeeds in doing so. First of all, there are children's Bibles like the Read With Me Bible that are simply bland. Granted, toddlers are not going to pick up on every nuance of a story from the Bible, but the Read With Me Bible often chooses the wrong points to emphasize, entirely leaving out important points of narrative along the way. One story simply lists miracles Jesus did with no context, failing to communicate that Jesus' miracles actually anticipate and begin to realize a new world, a world where God's Kingdom and rule are breaking into the world in a new and exciting way. This simply displays a level of ignorance about the story of Samson that is beyond belief for someone writing (interpreting) a Bible for children! So, for example, the story of the Exodus is told not as the story of God's great magic show, but instead on the great, mighty, and terrifying rescue of God's people from their slavery, pointing forward also to humanity's slavery to sin and coming rescue in Jesus. But again, the strength of this Bible is that it gets the story right, interpreting the main idea correctly and always pointing toward Jesus."
"For someone who may be familiar with the full version of the Bible and may be concerned about teaching children biblical accuracy, this book may be found a bit frustrating. While the illustrations are whimsical and a great accompaniment to the text, and the story language is simple and easy to follow, there are an awful lot of unnecessary additions."
"I personally like the cover because the picture of Jesus, I believe, is more accurate than the traditional image of a "white" Jesus that we usually see."
"Our 8 year old has moved on to more detailed Bible summaries and more just Bible reading, but this book certainly played a large role in the kids falling in love with God's Word."
"We read this during Advent this year and I am disappointed I didn't know of this sooner."
Best Children's Bible Study
Beginning with the story of Creation and ending with Revelation, the text is retold in simple words by well-known author and translator Kenneth N. Taylor. Since graduating from Brighton University Nadine Wickenden has worked as a full time illustrator on advertising, packaging, editorial commissions, and more recently in children's books.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Purchased this for my 85 year old father with dementia."
"My daughter, their mom passed away 4 months ago without God in our lives it would a lot harder to deal with, not saying it’s hard for them, they know she is in heaven."
"However, be careful when purchasing used Bibles because as of today I received three Bibles with writing in them so I will have to rip out that page in order to give it to children at our church without Bibles."
"We've been reading this bible to my 2 year old for the past few months, and so far it's been great."
"This is the perfect little Bible for young children."
"My 5.5 yr old granddaughter loves her first bible!"
"our great grand can not put it down."
Best Children's Bible Reference & Interpretation
Beginning with the story of Creation and ending with Revelation, the text is retold in simple words by well-known author and translator Kenneth N. Taylor. Since graduating from Brighton University Nadine Wickenden has worked as a full time illustrator on advertising, packaging, editorial commissions, and more recently in children's books.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Purchased this for my 85 year old father with dementia."
"My daughter, their mom passed away 4 months ago without God in our lives it would a lot harder to deal with, not saying it’s hard for them, they know she is in heaven."
"However, be careful when purchasing used Bibles because as of today I received three Bibles with writing in them so I will have to rip out that page in order to give it to children at our church without Bibles."
"We've been reading this bible to my 2 year old for the past few months, and so far it's been great."
"This is the perfect little Bible for young children."
"My 5.5 yr old granddaughter loves her first bible!"
"our great grand can not put it down."