First Bible Stories
A year ago, in July 2004 (Briefing #310), we published a review of children's Bibles. One of the Bibles we recommended, and about which several people have since emailed very positive comments, is First Bible Stories, published by Parragon. Apparently this has been reprinted this year. One of our readers emailed us with the following comments:
I consider it to be the best book of Bible stories I have seen. It starts with Genesis, skips through many parts of the Bible, and ends at Acts with the sentence, “And today, all across the world, people still gather to hear God's message”. Each story has the Bible reference at the top. It has delightful, colourful illustrations. The book makes an excellent present for a child who can read or as a family present. I gave a copy to a ten-year-old girl for her birthday. When she visited me recently she said, “I'm reading all about God's rules in that Bible”.
First Bible Stories is available in Australia at Koorong, Angus & Robertson, and Dymocks. You can also probably get your local bookstore to order it in.