Realistic art breaks stories down - good for mixed groups of readers and non-readers.

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Product Description

Fun, easy-to-read, large comic-book format brings to life the drama and message of favorite Old and New Testament stories in a way children can readily understand. Over 1,800 illustrations.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296555 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 322 pages

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Customer Reviews

Kids will love it and so will parents!
This is one of the best Bible story books I have ever used. I had a copy for my children and both of them loved it -- in fact, I have saved a copy for each of them to have if they ever have children. Since they were grown, I've used it to help teach Bible classes and have given many as gifts to new babies. The illustrations are realistic rather than cartoonish (which I think is important as you stress the reality of the stories)and the text is simple but true to the original. I heartily recommend this book, especially for small children and beginning readers.

Unusually accurate cartoon-style Bible story book;
This is the only illustrated Bible story book that I have ever seen, that I can really recommend. Comparing the stories to a simple-English-language Bible reveals a careful attention to detail and significance in what is necessarily an abbreviated story. This alone is almost unique. The careful consideration of age- appropriate language is still unusual enough to be noteworthy. But the pictures!

I could count the anachronisms I have caught on the fingers of one hand. In most picture Bibles, this score is exceeded before the third page. But every detail seems to have been carefully researched: clothing, weapons, architecture, technology, are all taken from contemporary evidence. Most books just draw the people in robes. Not this one! Goliath wears armor and headdress right off Merenptah's pictures of the Sea Peoples. Israelite robes, Roman togas, Persian headgear, are all carefully distinguished. Even the geography is carefully represented. I highly recommend this book as the second resource (after an appropriate Bible translation such as NCB/ICB) for anyone teaching 4-10 year olds.

Great art and accurate translations
This is the best children's Bible I have seen. My 7 year old grandson can hardly put it down. The pictures are very realistic without adding imaginary content as most kids' bibles do. The text paraphrases the stories fairly accurately - without watering down the truth of each story. Adults can add spiritual concepts to the simple stories presented.
I will buy more for the young children I know.
Thanks.