The VeggieTales Bible (Big Idea Books) [Hardcover]

Big Idea Inc. (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Big Idea Books

Grow with the Bible Veggie-style! Join Bob, Larry, and all the rest of the Veggie characters as they explore the most amazing book of all time. Filled with fun features, children will learn more about God and how he wants us to live. Veggie Stories feature 8 full-color, best-loved Bible stories as told in the VeggieTales videos, including Dave and the Giant Pickle; Rack, Shack, and Benny; and Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen. Book Introductions give important information about each book of the Bible. Veggie Values teach lessons from the Bible like God made you special, God loves you very much, don't be afraid, be kind to others, forgive one another, and many more. Remember This highlights 100 key verses of Scripture to remember. Also includes: A Dictionary-Concordance that helps kids better understand key Bible words and concepts The complete text of the New International Version: the most read, most trusted translation.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 1280 pages
• Publisher: Zonderkidz (January 27, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310718287
• ISBN-13: 978-0310718284
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #386,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been MUCH better., January 29, 2009

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I'm one of the biggest Veggie Tales fans on the planet and was very excited to see this. My sons are ages 8 and 5 and they are thrilled with the new Bibles, but I see some big draw backs.

1) The print is in blue, and not a dark blue either so it's hard to read.

2) The font is too small for young readers and that combined with the blue letters makes it too hard for me to read, and at this point, with my kids ages being younger, they keep pointing to things and asking me to read it. The book is pretty thick (it's a full Bible with old and new testaments in the NIV) so if they did larger print it might be too big of a size, but at least doing black ink would have helped with the readability even with the smaller font size.

3) Although the cartoon comics are very cute and bright and it draws the kids attention, they are in the wrong place! For instance, the Jonah comic story is located in Ezekiel chapter 40. Why didn't they put it IN the book of Jonah where it belongs? While the book of Jonah has NO comics at all in it, but rather a picture at the beginning of a female character I don't even remember seeing in the Jonah movie. They could have put the Jonah comic story at the beginning, middle, or end of the book of Jonah so when the child reads that in the Bible the cartoons are in the right place telling the same story, rather than being buried in Ezekiel! You'll also find the "Rack, Shack & Benny" story (about Daniel's three friend) right smack dab in Isaiah, when the true story is in the book of Daniel! Then turn to the book of Daniel, and you guessed it, nothing - zilch - nada - no comic story at all. I thing that's kind of weird.

4) If you thought the medium to light blue print was hard to read in the text, wait till you see the text numbers. They are much smaller and harder to read and buried in the paragraphs. My eight year old son with good eyes has a hard time finding a text when I tell him to look it up.

5) Not a good example grammatically. At the top of every page where the have the book listed, it is in all small letters. So Matthew looks like "matthew" and Mark looks like "mark" and Luke looks like "luke" and John looks like "john" and Acts looks like "acts" which was very confusing for my son who is learning proper capitalization at this age.

6) I ordered two straight from Amazon and when I opened the box, they had both been damaged from being bumped around. One was really bad and I'm having to send it back, completely torn down the spine on the inside of the front cover.

I guess if you can get by all of those draw backs and can read it, there are some cute quips throughout. As for my sons, they are thrilled with it but too young to see the draw backs I see. I'm sure later in life they will pick up on the same issues. My littlest one is heart broken that I have to send his back. So while I think they had a great idea, it could have been done much better. I'm still a huge Veggie Tales fan though!

Tracy M. Parish, CPRW
Certified Professional Resume Writer

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Best for older kids, March 15, 2009

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This review is from: The VeggieTales Bible (Big Idea Books) (Hardcover)

For those who love VeggieTales, the idea of a true Bible (in this case, the New International Version) with a VeggieTales theme is exciting. But The VeggieTales Bible turns out to be a mixed bag.

Let's start with the good. The introductions to the Old and New Testament, and the introductions to the various books in them, are terrific. They explain who wrote the book (My 3 year old was thrilled to learn that Moses - yes, Moses! - wrote the book of Genesis.), a quick run down of what the book teaches, a list of famous people written about in the book, and other pertinent information. Throughout the books, you'll also find sidebars with hints about good memory verses and very short commentaries about topics like sharing, forgiveness, and God's great love. Within these introductions and sidebars are pictures of favorite VeggieTales characters in black and white (actually, in blue and white...more on that later).

There are also a number of full color comic book style pages with familiar VeggieTales Bible-based stories scattered throughout: "The Ballad of Little Joe" (the story of Joseph and his brothers), "Babysitter in DeNile" (baby Moses), "Dave and the Giant Pickle" (David and Goliath), "Esther, the Girl Who Became Queen," "Rack, Shack, and Benny" (the fiery furnace), "The Story of Jonah," "An Easter Carol," and "The Story of Flibber-o-loo" (the Good Samaritan). In the back of the Bible, there's an "Index to Veggie Values," with common topics like "Don't be selfish" and "Help others," plus a dictionary-concordance.

What I Like: The ultra short sidebars are handy, and the index is extremely helpful to parents who want to take advantage of teachable moments. The comic book pages are vivid and interesting and latch firmly on to the VeggieTales style. It's also great that this is the NIV version of the Bible, one of the most easy-to-read translations.

What I Dislike: My biggest gripe is that everything is printed in blue ink, often making it difficult to read. Some print is so light blue (such as in the memory verse sidebars), it's a great struggle to read. (If you look at excerpts of this Bible at ChristianBook.com or Amazon.com, note that the scanned pages are darker than the actual printed Bible.) The text is also small (this is a full length NIV Bible after all), so you shouldn't expect early readers to have an easy time of it. The illustrations are sometimes few and far between - a feature suitable for older children, but not engaging enough for many of the younger children attracted to VeggieTales. Some will also complain that the full color comic book pages are not near the Bible stories they are based on. This, undoubtedly, has to do with the printing and binding process, and I do appreciate that each comic book story ends with Bible citations so readers can find the real version of the story more easily.

Overall, I think younger kids (and those who can't stop wiggling when you read un-illustrated stories to them) will enjoy something like The VeggieTales Bible Storybook far better. But for older kids who still love VeggieTales, or for younger kids who are great listeners, this may be a good first full-length translation Bible. I only hope that if the publisher reprints The VeggieTales Bible, they'll use black ink for the text.

Overall Rating: Good.

Kristina Seleshanko
Managing Editor
Christian Children's Book Review

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Veggietales Bible, October 15, 2010

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It is a beautiful Bible my little one ( 6yr old) loves her Bible and she is asking me to read to her before bed time every day ... love the New International Version!!!! :)