Read And Learn Bible [Hardcover]

American Bible Society (Author), Duendes Del Sur (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Timeless stories from the Bible for children and parents to share.

Parents and children can deepen their understanding of the Bible by reading Bible stories together. The Read and Learn Bible features stories from the Old and New Testament including: Genesis, Noah and the Flood, Exodus, Daniel in the Lion's Den, The Story of Queen Esther, The Nativity, Jesus the Teacher, Jesus Comes to Jerusalem, and many more.

Illustrated in full color with callouts to help deepen the meaning of the stories, and parent pages to help in discussion, this is a Bible that children can share with their parents, and that parents will want to share with their children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439651263
• ISBN-13: 978-0439651264
• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #62 in Books > Children's Books > Religions > Christianity > Bible

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Children's Bible I've Ever Encountered, October 16, 2008

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Christine Van Tassel "luxcursor" (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Read And Learn Bible (Hardcover)

I used to work for a Christian bookstore and have seen dozens of children's Bibles by various publishers. This is the best I've ever encountered. Why?

1) Accurate Bible accounts. (no extra-Biblical nonsense, like "Joseph loved his new coat so much, he even wore it when he slept!")

2) Key details of the Biblical accounts are NOT withheld or edited out. The accounts have the original meaning. (I've seen Adam and Eve stories where they just lived happily in the garden and slept under the stars, or David and Goliath stories where Goliath was smiling as he was hit with a stone.)

3) Culturally/historically relevant illustrations. Even though they are still "simple" illustrations they are the most true to the time period, culture that I've ever seen in a child's Bible for a young reader. There are some exceptions but the pictures are far from being absurd. (Another review mentioned the "bulgey-eyed" characters of another Bible. I'm familiar with it. Women are almost always depicted with pearl "Barbara Bush" earrings, Joseph sleeps on a mattress and boxspring with an orange tabby curled up at his feet, and Noah's wife carries Red Delicious apples in a basket to smiling, rather than ferocious animals. Another children's Bible we have depicts evil characters smiling sweetly while engaging in wicked activities, like trying to kill someone.)

4) Readable text in a simple-understand style for wide age span. This Bible was a gift to my 2-year old when, exasperated with our numerous but inferior children's Bibles, I commissioned my father-in-law with the nearly impossible task of finding a "good" children's Bible. Well, he came through! She loves having it read to her nightly. She loves paging through it independently and remembering the accounts. I find her doing this almost daily, unprompted by me. And I know it will serve her well until she can read the text for herself. It even has parent pages. Great for the family.

5) Rather complete. This is one of the most complete collection of Bible accounts from the Old and New Testaments that I've ever seen.

6) Fantastic price.

The other types of Bibles may seem innocent enough, but I worried about what they would imply about history or culture by their anachronistic and Western (and at times cheesy) text and artwork. To conclude, I feel this Bible does a good job supporting my goal of teaching my daughter accurately (by what is said and seen) from the very start.

(Thanks Grampa. You've done excellently!)

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great kids Bible, the best I've seen!, October 6, 2006

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This review is from: Read And Learn Bible (Hardcover)

I tried relentlessly to find my son a beginning readers Bible while I was putting together our homeschool materials for this year (2nd grade for him). They were all either corny or too dry. I just happened to stumble upon this Bible while shopping and decided to take a chance. My son reads a passage every school day, he really likes it. I appreciate that the illustrations are colorful and very realistic...no bulging eyes (like in "The Beginner's Bible"). The text is well written, it's not baby-ish at all. I have to help my son through a few difficult words here and there, but he reads 98% of it on his own. I am so pleased with this Bible and recommend it highly.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Bible for Beginning Readers!, March 9, 2006

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Classical Homeschooling Mom - See all my reviews

This review is from: Read And Learn Bible (Hardcover)

My (...) son has been learning to read. I checked out a popular beginning reader book from the library and he hated it. He's been asking to read the Bible, so when I found this I was so excited! It's written at around a late first to early second grade reading level. The stories are short enough that he can read one every day and the pictures are great (full color illustration on every page done in the same style that's on the cover). It's really improved his reading confidence!