The Complete Illustrated Children's Bible (The Complete Illustrated Children’s Bible Library)

First of all, the artwork is the best I've seen in a children's bible. Beautiful!It's been hard to find a children's Bible that balances simplicity for understanding with accuracy, but this one does a pretty good job. The summary of each story gives me a good place to start with teaching the stories. I also appreciate how many stories are included, even some of the more obscure ones.Side note: I had forgotten how graphic some of the stories in the Old Testament can get. Even though the author has done their best to make it understandable for kids, there is really no way to sugar coat things like King Solomon and the two women fighting over the baby. You'll definitely need to add explanations of your own.

I cannot speak highly enough of this children's bible. It is absolutely wonderful! It is well worth the price and a must-have for any preschooler.I have several Baby Bibles and Preschooler Devotion Books and neither one was accomplishing the task that I desired. The baby bibles were great when my son was 6 months - 2 years but I was bored reading them to him and there wasn't anything new for him to learn. He enjoys the devotion books but I don't think that they are enough bible training. So on a quest to teach my 3 year old (almost 4) more about the bible, I read lots of reviews on lots of kids bibles. I'm so glad I picked this one!!My son eagerly runs to his room every night at bedtime so that he can learn his next bible story. He is mesmerized with the pictures and asks lots of really good questions based on the illustrations. At first I was concerned that the stories were too short, but I think that the authors do a great job of packing a lot of truth into a short story. I don't think that a preschooler could handle much more. Even though he is able to sit still and listen to bedtime stories for a long time, these kind of stories are different because it challenges him to really think outside of what he is used to and a longer story would be too difficult to process. (Cain & Abel, Sodom & Gomorrah...those are strange new concepts for a little kid to process! But very valuable, I believe.) I often add extra details as we go along to help him understand the story and he asks lots of questions so the time we spend looking at the pictures and talking about the story is longer than just the time it takes to read the words on the page.He often wants to flip back to the map (which he loves!) or illustrations from previous stories as he works in his little mind to put together the timeline and connections between the stories. I love it and it makes me so thrilled to see how excited he is to learn about the bible. Each night we look ahead one story for a little spoiler on what is coming the next night and it seems to be enough to peak his curiosity so that he will be excited for the next story.I think that even a very young baby would like the illustrations in this book. The stories are definitely written for a 3-1/2 or 4 year old to understand (maybe earlier, depending on the kid). I don't know what age he will outgrow this, but I expect that it will be a favorite for a long time. With a night missed here or there it will probably take a full year for us to read through the whole book and I think that it could easily be read again when we're done.UPDATE:My son is now 6-1/2 and he reads this bible to himself. He still enjoys these bible stories every night. We have gone through the whole thing a few times over the past couple of years and he still loves it. We have a few others that we also like now that he's older, but he certainly hasn't outgrown this one yet. Highly recommend!

I'm in 60's but I bought this book to enjoy reading the whole Bible in a short time. It was easy to read through out. Its content is appropriately extracted from the original to represent the full Bible. Thanks to the good illustrations, the reading is more pleasant. Highly recommend to both children and adults.

The illustrations are beautiful and realistic. For about 2 hours I read to 2 granddaughters and one of their friends the story that went with the illustration they picked out. They were 7- and 9-year-olds. Each story is 2 pages. Often I would say, “Well, before we read this one we need to start back here.” I would then read the previous stories about the same character. Often in Sunday School curriculums one isolated story is told about a different Bible character each week. The stories in this Bible stand alone, but it was nice to be able to give more of an overview and a fuller account of the Bible character. I was amazed at how interested and sustained the girls’ interest was. There was a section on Ezekiel, the Psalms, portions that I had never seen for children. One year I caught a sale and was able to provide one for each family in a Christian preschool where I was telling weekly Bible stories. I was very excited! I also gave it to a friend of mine for the children in her life. Her husband picked it up and read it. He was not a reader.

Most bibles for kids which we have read are either poorly written, have amateurish illustrations, or skip over many of the lesser-known books of the Old Testament.This is an excellent version for kids. We are still reading or grandsons the Old Testament and he is enthralled with the stories. The illustrations are by far the best we have come across and the text is pretty faithful to an adult Bible. In fact, I think many adults can learn from this child's version as we have. Highly recommend. Good way to give your children and grandchildren an understanding of the most important book in the western world.

My son loves the stories and pictures in this bible. Easier understanding for kids

the book is nice and pictures are beautiful, but last page is separate from the book.

Is so easy to read and focuses on te important stuff.I’m an adult with learning disabilities,,,altho I’ve read the Bible a lot. These days it’s oh so boaring.THIS Bible is FULL Of beautyful picsSo understandable. It doesn't have the whole bible. But has what’s important. ADIS fun to readThx for whomever put this out. It’s NOT JUST-GOOD for kids