The chapters of each book of the bible are simply written making it much easier for young children to understand, without loosing the theme of the original Bible. The wealth of scholar/consultants from different religious traditions assures that it authoritative and equally useful to kids of different religious backgrounds. Raised in a family with a 50-year history of publishing Bibles and commentaries, she has an inherent wealth of knowledge and understanding. I’m a pastor, the son of a pastor, and I learned a few things reading through this Bible with my daughter.

A graduate in modern foreign languages, Janice Emmerson is the bestselling author of The Complete Illustrated Children’s Bible, The Jesus Bible for Kids, and The Illustrated Bible for Little Ones. The somewhat lackluster illustrations on every page are not nearly as compelling as the stories themselves, but the variety of other artwork, including maps and color photographs of artifacts, plants, biblical places, animals, people, and architecture, makes up for any deficit there. This Bible also gives the child the feel of the times, like showing plants, utencils, and statues that are mentioned in the story. From A-Z, this super-helpful dictionary is packed with hundreds of definitions and colourful pictures.This collection of influential and inspiring stories from the Old and New Testaments helps children learn and interpret the messages and meanings of the Bible. I was taken to church as a child, was bought a bible and read it again and again, so my knowledge of the bible is good.

The Dorling Kindersley retellings are not only short and elegant to read, but unfamiliar items are illustrated and explained right on the page.Written in conjunction with educators, scholars, and religious advisors, Old and New Testament tales including the Birth of Jesus, Jacobs Ladder, Noahs Ark, and the Resurrection fill this little book thats perfect for sharing with loved ones.

The Complete Illustrated Children's Bible is the perfect picture and storybook for young ones and an ideal first reader your children will treasure. This gorgeously illustrated bible is centred around stories which explore themes of kindness and compassion.With nearly 300 beautiful two-page illustrations to capture even the youngest child's imagination and heart, this vast collection of the Bible's most-loved stories is just right for sharing together or reading alone throughout the day. A graduate in modern foreign languages, Janice Emmerson is the bestselling author of The Complete Illustrated Children's Bible, The Jesus Bible for Kids, and The Illustrated Bible for Little Ones. The brightly coloured, detailed illustrations in this wonderful children's Bible bring every story to life. All the best-known parables and teachings are here, including "The Plagues of Egypt," "The Birth of Jesus," "Jacob's Ladder," "Noah's Ark," "Judas Plots to Betray Jesus," and "The Resurrection," among many others.

But when I pull this book out to read the wonderful stories of Noah, Moses, the Flight from Egypt, Jesus calming the sea, and so forth - the kids listen with mouths agape. In this outstanding edition of the Bible, the stories of the Old and New Testaments are retold by Selina Hastings in a lucid, flowing style for children's enjoyment and edification. But even without that, this is a great overview of the Bible for little kids, much easier than the God's Plan in Scripture for young ones. Rather than many dumbed-down, Disneyesque versions of children's Bibles that I have seen, and rather than the somewhat lame materials offered by our church, the Children's Illustrated Bible connects with kids. Raised in a family with a 50-year history of publishing Bibles and commentaries, she has an inherent wealth of knowledge and understanding of the gospel that is evident in her inspirational and melodic style of writing.I have bought pretty much every children's Bible, including the new ones from Ascension, and this one is just so much better for young children with short attention spans. Perfect for sharing with your child or grandchild or for them to read and discover the Bible on their own. The illustrations and text are interesting and accurate, it's a wonderful bible for the older children to read on their own, my son is almost ten and loves it. The stories are well written and the illustrations lovely, and there is a lot of background information.