Reader's Digest, A Child's First Bible is a unique and child-Produced Book of the Bible. The illustrations are bright, childlike, and interesting, the text is by Sally Lloyd-Jones, lively, and short enough for most children. Each Bible story takes a page and include sidebars remember important points or questions.
The stories will be covered: Creation, the Flood, Abraham and Sarah, Joesph, the division of the Red Sea Ruth and Naomi, David and GoliathDaniel in the lion's den, Jonah and the big fish, Mary, and Gabriel, the shepherds and angels who went to baby Jesus, the story of the first Christmas, Peter and the fishermen that Jesus walked on water, Jesus feeding the crowd with five loaves of bread and two fishes, Jesus increases the healing of the paralytic, the prodigal son, and Jesus.
Examples of the sidebars: For Jesus walked on water, "Jesus is stronger than that which makes us afraid, what do you get scared?" and for flood protection, "God keeps hisPromise! Do you know all the colors of the rainbow? "
There is also an introduction, explaining that the Bible is "like a letter from God to you and me. It tells the story of God's love for us. We read about God and his friends and the adventures they went further. The Bible tells us that God wants that we are his friends too. "
What I do: Especially the cover! The board book has a hole in the middle, which is with heavy clear plastic, a pond and is filledPond creatures printed on them. Among them are, we see a child and a rainbow. The cover alone inspires my 18 months old, to study often in this book. (And the cover has to be permanent, will be passed around to chewing on.) My daughter loves the colorful illustrations inside. I also appreciate the effective introduction to this book, and all the interactive sidebars. The retelling of the biblical stories is much better than many, many children's Bibles.
What I dislike:Nothing.
Overall rating: Excellent.
Age Appeal: 3-6.
Information Publisher: Reader's Digest, 2001, ISBN 1575848163, hardcover, $ 12.99
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