The Beginner's Bible: Timeless Children's Stories

I'm not a fan of children's bibles, as a rule. Often they're too preachy, dogmatic, or even dull. I first encountered The Children's Bible when it was still published by an obscure publishing house - a copy was given to my twin daughters at their baptism. I grabbed it one day for school religion/bible/whatever classes and was amazed to find the kids - 9 and 10 year olds, loved it. The illustrations, rather than twee, faux-germanic or just bad were fun, vibrant, playing with the so-human characters of the narratives. Suddenly kids were interested in God-stuff, and in the stories of God's whimsical people. The selection of the stories was perfect, the delivery spot-on. I have recommended it to everyone I know ever since.

'Beginner' is absolutely the correct word for this book. I had this book when I was in, I think 1st grade, and the Bible stories in it were very, very condensed/simplified to make the stories easier to understand for young children, and the illustrations are very simplistic. Looking back, my feelings about this book are pretty ambivalent. Sure, the Bible in its "regular" format isn't appropriate for young children, but at the same time the Beginner's Bible took out the pretty fucked up/ugly shit that happened in the original Bible, presenting young kids with a pretty sanitized version.

I'm glad I'm not a Christian anymore, lol.

This thick hardcover book is filled with Bible stories for children and bright, colorful pictures on every page. It brings back found memories of being read Bible stories as a child. The stories are easy to understand, and the characters are described in a simple, loving way. Even as an adult, I enjoy the stories.

Easter is a special celebration, and the Beginner's Bible books help young readers understand why it matters.

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Bible story books are such a wonderful tool to have on hand to introduce the young child to the Bible and the bare-bones of the Word of God. You can choose to have one or you can choose to have a variety so that your child can experience the many "tellings" and "illustrative styles" of authors and artists as they bring to life what God reveals to mankind in his word.

Now a Bible storybook is not nor should be considered to be the actual Word of God. It is an introduction to and base of study for beginners. Hence the writers, illustrators, and publishers have labored diligently to bring to your home a book worthy of it's title - The Beginner's Bible from ZonderKidz an imprint of Zondervan.

This new edition of the originally published in show more 1989 Beginner's Bible just exudes life and brilliance in the attention-grabbing, child centric illustrations rendered in a virtual 3-D effect in stong, bright colors.

This will become a well-loved book by your child and you will delight that your child loves hearing about the many wonderful men and women from the Bible. A great preparation for the years when the real Bible will become an integral part of their own life.

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Introduce children to the stories and characters of the Bible with this Bible storybook. With vibrant art and compelling text, more than 90 Bible stories come to life. Kids will enjoy the fun illustrations of Noah helping the elephant onto the ark, Jonah praying inside the fish, and more.

Summary I chose The Beginners's Bible Timeless children's Stories. This book contains many stories from the bible. The stories are put into a different version easier for children to read and understand. There are also pictures to go along with the stories. Some stories in the book are A Big Picnic (Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand) - Long and Strong (Samson) - Best Friends (David & Jonathan) - Trumpets and Torches (Gideon) - The Most Special Baby (Jesus is Born).

Personal I love this book. I read this to my children everynight and they love it. They are learning so much from this version. It lets children feel like they are learning about jesus to not just the adults. The pictures are awesome and really keep the kids interested.

Extension show more Idea This book is aimed towards the smaller children but my 11 year old son still enjoys listening to me read. show less

I recently had the pleasure of reviewing The Beginner's Bible App on my iPad. This app is so well done, colorful and full of lessons for the young child just starting out learning the bible. I loved the beautiful illustrations, the easy to read follow along hi-lighted words and the audio. So all the child needs to do is listen and read along. As well as the read along story there is a play section where the child can interact more with the coloring pages that can be colored right on the iPad. There are also jigsaw puzzles to challenge the young mind. A video game is also included in the first story pack that helps the child with manual dexterity. Each story pack can be purchased right through the app.

I am a grandmother so I do not have show more young children in the household but I think that this app is a must for the family that wants to share God's story with their children. I loved it.

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