Customer Reviews

New Catholic Children's Bible

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3 star:		(1)
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I bought this book for my second-grade son, who is preparing for his First Communion. He really likes this book, which is full of illustrations and Bible stories. It's really nice that the stories are about one page each, which makes it easy to pick up the book and read for a short while. The stories are just the right legnth for early readers. It's also good that the book has a Catholic perspective--tells about the first pope, so that it's consistent with what children are learning in the Catholic education classes.

My wife and I have found this Bible to be a perfect companion to teaching our son about Jesus through a Catholic theology. This will help in to grow in love and understanding of Jesus and the Catholic Faith.

I'm probably damning myself giving the Bible only 3 stars, but I'm disappointed. As a divorced dad, whose ex-wife is uninterested in introducing religion to our kids, I was hoping for something to get the kids interested in learning more. They are voracious readers. It seems like a natural. However, the vocabulary is advanced. An 8-10 year old is not going to be able to just pick this up and start reading without it being tedious and having to ask a lot of questions.
It also focuses on the negative (by modern standards anyway). All of the stories where everyone from opposing city-states (or even insubordinate tribe members) were slaughtered are in there. Page after page of killing and cruelty.
It's hard to take this abridged old testament and say, "God loves you."
The illustrations on the other hand are great. The maps are nice. There are many nice things about it. It's just is an inappropriate tool for me to use to explain why we take them to Church every Sunday. It's appropriate for putting the fear-of-God into them, but it is not related to the readings and Psalms which typically are the focus of weekly Mass.
It's doubly disappointing since I'm having so much trouble finding anything better.

I thought this book was going to be set up like a real Bible, chapters and all. It is set up like a story book. Also, the stories are not really written for pre-school age. It is more for kids around 7+.

The pictures in this book are great. I bought it for my nephew's first communion and my husband wanted to keep it for ourselves. A great choice and well done bible.

We ordered this bible as a gift to our religious education students. The illustrations are beautiful. I think the kids appreciated the bibles.

The book arrived on time. It's a gift and I haven't had time to review it, but I am pleased with a quick look at it.