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See With Me Bible: The Bible Told in Pictures

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My husband and I bought this book for our 4 year old and he loves it. The age that Amazon gave it is not really accurate. I think they said 9-12. The book says 6 and under. There are almost no words, about a sentence every 15 pages. Our son loves to just look at the pages and then ask questions about parts he doesn't understand. It is also great that the parents can tell the story with as much detail as they wish. Over all I think this is just a great book for any prereader.

My 4-year-old daughter has recently developed a love for this book and with it, a love for Jesus. She wants me to read it to her every night and even in the morning! We tell the stories to her using the pictures, and she can tell them back to us as well. The most amazing thing is that she has such a wonderful grasp now of how much Jesus loves us and the things that he has done and does for people. Whenever we read the Bible together, she will say, "Jesus loves us a lot." When she hurt her finger today, she said, "Jesus will heal it." It has been precious to watch her love for Jesus grow. This book presents Jesus as a lover of children, and that has been a powerful connecting point for her. I am so thankful for Dennis Jones and his work and how God has used this book to answer my prayers that He would draw my daughter to Himself. May He continue to use this book to draw many children to Himself.

Dennis Jones uses bright and comic illustrations for this See With Me Bible for very young children (and their parents or grandparents.) They are a visual delight, one page after another. This is an accessible way to present first Bible stories to children. However, it also forces the presenters to bone up on the stories before starting the book so they can explain what is happening as they go along. A later edition has a few more words of explanation in it, and if I buy another volume, I will opt for that one.

This book has been a consistent favorite of my 3.5 year old girl since she received it about two years ago. Each story is presented in a few pages and the parent's job is to help explain what's going on. Included stories range from creation and the fall to the ascention of Jesus. Having worked in a Christian bookstore, I know that the opinions of the artist's work are all across the board ( I personally love it.) In the end the most important thing is getting the Bible into the hearts of little ones, and if these vibrant and detailed illustrations help I'm all for it.

My three year old loves this picture Bible. It has a selection of 24 stories from the Old and New Testament that are told in pictures. The style of drawing is similar to current animated movies. I like the fact that I can tell the story the way I want to since the only print in the book is a short sentence at the end of each story along the lines of "It feels good to be forgiven." or "Jesus did many miracles." So I can pick the extra details I want to emphasize or leave out as I tell the story. My daughter likes to "read" the stories herself too, and since it is a Bible really designed for pre-readers, every event in the sequence of the story is illustrated, sometimes very creatively.

I got this Bible for my daughter in Jan 05. She was 3 then and she has loved this Bible. She takes it out all the time and it is wonderfuly used. It has held up very well considering the heavy use. She really looks at it carefully because the illustrations are so expressive.
Kudos on the best angel illustrations I've ever seen a a children's book. It is also a good size, not too heavy, bright and colorful.
Now our 2nd daughter is 3 and she wants it but it is so treasured by the oldest that we will be buying another copy. The best part is seeing older daughter teaching the younger Bible stories using the book.
Our only disappointment is that it is not longer with more stories illustrated. The oldest is now, 3 years later, noticing the stories that aren't included, but its a great Bible to start with.
It has been a great value.

My 2- and 3-year olds already have three or four Bibles. This one is by far the favorite. The pictures clearly tell the stories. The illustrations are truly incredible.

I have noticed as I read with my children that I am meditating on the Bible stories in a way that is beneficial to me as well as to my children. These pictures highlight emotions of the Biblical characters or other details that I may have glossed over in my own reading.

The pictures also convey much more of the story than is generally included in a Bible for this age group. I was looking for a Bible that would keep my children's attention and that they would enjoy. It's one of the books they pick up to "read" on their own. They love it!

We love this book! My firstborn (3 1/2 yrs) always loves going through the pictorial table of contents to choose stories before bedtime. It's great that there are no words except for a little one-liner at the end of each story because you can make the story as short or as long as you want, or just talk about the pictures, or ask your child to tell you the story!

There's plenty of detail in the pictures so you often see something new each time. The caricature-like drawings mean that the exaggerated expressions are easy for a toddler to interpret and give rise to some discussions about emotions. And, there's humour to boot. One of my favourite bits is the sequence where Jonah is about to be swallowed by the big fish and he tries (in vain) to prevent this from happening.

Buy this book, unless you're one of my friends and I managed to buy you one first!

I bought this for my boys ages 3 and 6 and they enjoy this a lot. They can tell themselves what's going on in the story as kind of a reading comprehension exercise after hearing or reading the actual biblical account at church or from us. I can't say enough about the illustrations, they are so expressive and active and dynamic! There's nothing "boring" about this Bible. I like that it makes the Bible exciting and relevant to kids.

This has to be the BEST "picture book" i have ever seen for smaller children. The illustrations are so inspiring that i want to go study illustration!