My ABC Bible Verses: Hiding God's Word in Little Hearts [Hardcover]

Susan Hunt (Author), Yvette Banek (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1998 | Age Range: 3 and up

Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee. —Psalm 119:11

Knowing the Bible can help you know God better. Here is a colorful, story-filled way for even the youngest child to take God's Word to heart—and learn the alphabet too!

Presented in an easy-to-use story format that applies individual Bible verses to real-life situations, this illustrated book for 3- to 7-year-olds is perfect for reading to your children or grandchildren, and great for use in churches, Christian schools, Bible clubs, or home schools. It can also be easily adapted for family devotions with young children.

The ABCs are building blocks to your child's formal education. And these verses are the building blocks of the soul—the building blocks that can lead to eternal life.

Product Details

• Age Range: 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Crossway (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581340052
• ISBN-13: 978-1581340051
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.4 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Education
  • #21 in Books > Children's Books > Religions > Christianity > Bible
  • #82 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Children's & Teens

More About the Author

Susan Hunt is a mother and grandmother, a pastor's wife, and the former Director of Women's Ministries for the Presbyterian Church in America. Holding a degree in Christian education from Columbia Theological Seminary, she has written a number of books, including several by Crossway.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

90 of 93 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A cornerstone building block. August 17, 2003

By Elizabeth M. Whitehead

Format:Hardcover

The main reason I picked up this book was to help teach my 3 year old the alphabet but after 2 letters (one per day) I am amazed at how much more this book really is. I am using it as a daily devotional for my 3 year old daughter and my 7 year old son.

What I really like is how it is designed to teach children to learn and live Gods word but it teaches them to do so out of love, with stong moral values. The stories are engaging and both of my children enjoy them.

We hadnt put the book down for very long when my children began to fuss over a toy, we reread the "B" story, then without any further prompting my son resolved the issue through timed sharing, even apologized to his sister for his bad attitude.

When it was time for bedtime stories my son asked if we could do more letters instead of our other Bible stories.

This book is a must have for every Christian family.

68 of 72 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Great memory verses, can have legalistic tendencies November 2, 2010

By lindsay white

Format:Hardcover

There are great things about this book that my boys connect with. They love the story format, the verses are well picked, and I like the questions that go with each verse/story. On the contrary, I feel upon reading this to my children the need to further explain some of the examples given. Missy and Bill (the main characters) seem to always do the "right thing," there are frequent times when one ALMOST misbehaves but then "Missy remembered proverbs 15:1...." which in a perfect world is great, but that is not the way my children operate. They can recall bible verses until they are blue in the face, but until it penetrates their hearts...they are just operating out of behavior modification. I know it is difficult to introduce Biblical concepts to children without being "works based" verses "grace based," but I wish the authors would have had the children (instead of their friends or the non believers) be the ones messing up some of the time, this would paint a more realistic picture...that said, my boys have not caught on to this and they really do love the stories AND are memorizing truth.

Overall good buy but needs balance with a view that we all (mommy and daddy included) sin and are in constant need of repentance...and with that, i'll step off my soapbox:)

47 of 50 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good structure and verses, stories are hit and miss July 22, 2010

By J. Giesbrecht

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I wanted to give this book 5 stars (or 4 - if there were 3.75 I'd do that). It is a good book. The ABC pattern for the verses is nice. The setup is easy and good - say the verse, story, repeat the verse, a few questions, review verses from before.

Onto my dislikes:

A lot of the stories have quite stilted conversations.

There is one about behaving well that involves the kids contrasting themselves being good and behaving well at the store because they love Jesus with this other bad little girl.

The stories are about kids who are comfortably wealthy, go to church every Sunday, and are good little kids. I suppose they reflect my suburban Christian childhood. But there is an air of judgementalism (like in the story I mentioned) that comes out sometimes that just doesn't sit well with me. There isn't anything WRONG with the stories and they don't actually judge or say mean things, but it's an implied judgement I guess.

My kids enjoy this, they learn the verses very quickly, they like the stories (they are 2 and 4 years old). I like it a lot too, but I do end up feeling a need to do extra explaining and/or changing some wording to make the stories less judgemental and more about learning the good news of the scripture itself.

It's a great book, I recommend it, but it also is not something that would work well in a preschool/young child group where not all kids are "church" families.