Customer Reviews

Bible Stories for Children

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I purchased this book in February, 1989 and have read it cover to cover at least six times for each of my three children. It is the best children's Bible that I have found. Children are interested as early as 3-4 and remain interested through 10-12. It is outstanding. I recommend reading from start to end, two chapters per night. It is well illustrated, Biblically sound, and well written with appropriate size print. Enjoy and God Bless. Makes a wonderful Christmas Gift.

AGE: 6-10

FORMAT: 150+ stories retold on 2-8 lavishly illustrated pages each.

FAITHFULNESS: This is a definite retelling, with considerable elaborations which are at times rather nonsensical. (For example in the tower of Babel story, "If a workman asked for bricks, his helper gave him mortar." Huh?) In addition, there are occasional weird editorializations and unorthodox interpretations applied to a few stories. For example, the authors express some doubt about the possibility of demonic possession, meaning that they think Jesus' miracle with the herd of pigs...wasn't. I prefer closer readings of the text, leaving any interpreation up to the parent--or at least faithfully following SOME orthodox theology instead of randomly picking and choosing! Fortunately, fewer than 10% of stories have this kind of problem. There is also a small amount of whitewashing.

ILLUSTRATIONS: The gouache illustrations are lavish and gorgeous. There are a few just plain bizarre choices--like making North African Egyptian black!--but the paintings are beautiful and add much to the stories.

USEFULNESS: This is a very useful version with some caveats when it comes to the writers' idiosyncratic interpretations and editorializations of a few stories. Good for stories but not an appropriate source for devotionals. To be enjoyed with some caution.

I bought this book for my son who made his first Communion. It is an excellent book. All the best stories of the Bible are in this book. The kids are actually intrested in it! How better to learn about Jesus and the Old Testament than reading this book. We love it and I am thinking about buying it for my religious Education class for a Christmas gift.

My husband had this book as a child and wanted to get it for our children. Beautiful illustrations and perfect for reading the Bible with your children.

I have ordered several of these now for
children I know. My grandkids love the stories.
They are not so long that they lose interest but
not for babies either. The art work is actually pretty
good compared to most children's Bible story books.

If you buy this book,you will turn a bad boy into a good boy.It's the same way with girls.The book taught me to be a wonderful Christian!

My order arrived one month after the order and furthermore the order was incomplete (they only sent 1 of 3 books ordered). They never let me know. I had to email them to find out where the others were and now they are out of stock!!!! AMEN