Read and Learn Bible (American Bible Society)

My grandchildren love reading this ! The pictures are colorful and keeps their attention.

We did quite a bit of searching when looking for a Bible for our 5 year old daughter. This was one of the best that we could find with just a cursory glance through the pages, and reading it to our children has borne out that it is a great version of the Bible for children.The stories are told in the order they appear in the Bible and include citations to let you know what biblical story they retell. The stories are rather faithful to the Bible, without making judgments or interpreting the stories in ways that might be questionable. There are footnotes that help to explain some of the terms that might not be familiar to young readers (or even older readers who haven't done a lot of reading of their own Bibles). There is an illustration on every page, and these are neither overly realistic nor overly cartoonish; they are drawn well enough to show children the story, but not so realistic that they create a definitive picture of what characters or scenes would have looked like (i.e. they still leave some imagining to the child).There is a parent section in the back that includes 20 different "lessons" that parents may use with their children. As the book, itself, states, "These Parent Pages are intended to help you, the best role models for your children, to be equipped and motivated to share your faith through reading the Bible and discussing its stories in a friendly and informal way." These lessons reference the biblical stories and then give some ideas about how you might discuss them and put action to the words (i.e. Parent Page 8, titled Facing the Fears of Life, references Luke 8 and Jesus being at sea with the apostles during a storm. It suggests you use this biblical story when talking to children about fears like thunder, bullying, rejection).The stories are kept in order, but broken up into logical chunks so that you can choose to cover all of a particular story, or break it up to aid a child's understanding. For example, the plagues in Egypt are told in two stories that could be read separately or combined into one night's reading (Exodus 5-11 are in a 6 page chapter titled "Let the People Go," Exodus 11-12 are in a 4 page chapter titled "The Tenth Plague."). The "Look Inside" feature here on amazon gives a rather generous preview of the book, including this section, so that you can get a real feel for how the biblical stories are illustrated and retold.

A beautifully designed and crafted children’s story Bible. This can be used for years. Many Bible stories in the order written in the Bible. LOVE THIS!!!

I love this Bible for young children. It has some facts along with Bible stories and the parent section to help with devotions with your kids. I used this Bible with my own children and now use it with my students as a teacher.

Got this bible for my son it’s easy to read and has good illustrations. He loves it 8year old boy.

I've found this to be a great Bible for my 7 year old. It has just enough detail in the stories to not be over-simplified like the ones meant for 4-year-olds. Also not overly complex, so it's a great balance. And all of the images are great too! Very happy with this and a great bargain

Great for a kids gift. Grea price

Great next level bible from the children's story bibles. I got this one for my 5 year old once she was reading well. She eventually read the whole thing herself cover to cover. Good for early readers who have some introduction to bible stories. It's still story format but has scripture references at the top of every story in case they want to go to the full bible to read more.. which she also eventually did when she graduated to the NiRv which is the full bible (about a year later)

Flows well! A great visual took to go along with Bible studies. Would like to see a bit about the Second Coming and Heaven but it's nice to see the cute depictions of Eden. The colors are beautiful.

One of the better children Bibles in our opinion. Very nicely written and not too long stories. We read it to our 3 year old and she just loves it (she is being brought up bilingual, me doing the German, my wife the English).

Very nice book filled with stories and colourful pictures.

I love this bible. The stories are simple enough for kids, but detailed as well, and interesting for a parent to read. We read this one together all the time.

Love this bible for kids. Recommend.