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The One Year Bible for Children
This new devotional in The One Year line for families with children ages 5–8 combines beautiful four-color illustrations with skilled writing from best-selling author Gil Beers. Every day’s reading features a three-part discussion section: “Remember” (to recall factual information); “Discover” (to learn a lesson that relates to today); and “Apply” (to apply to the child’s own situation). This is a format that Gil Beers established in the full-text edition, The Bible for Children. Classic Bible art from that project is reused in this edition.
432 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2001
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March 24, 2023
We tried so many - this one gets the gold medal! Why? Most children's Bible's don't have it ALL. This one does!
- Great illustrations - not dark and scary or goofy and cartoonish. Colorful and realistic.
- Almost all of the Bible stories, and many Psalms, instead of a handful
- Straightforward - not so metaphorical that the child gets lost, contrast to De Young's The Biggest Story and Ann Voskamp's Christmas book
- Questions and application that are age appropriate for 3 year olds and up
My preschool and elementary audience love it, and parents do too. (Though if you have just preschoolers, I would recommend starting with The Beginners Bible).
- Great illustrations - not dark and scary or goofy and cartoonish. Colorful and realistic.
- Almost all of the Bible stories, and many Psalms, instead of a handful
- Straightforward - not so metaphorical that the child gets lost, contrast to De Young's The Biggest Story and Ann Voskamp's Christmas book
- Questions and application that are age appropriate for 3 year olds and up
My preschool and elementary audience love it, and parents do too. (Though if you have just preschoolers, I would recommend starting with The Beginners Bible).
June 23, 2021
This children's Bible is quite true to the Scriptures in a child-friendly fashion. It is recommended for ages 5-9 according to the back cover. I read it aloud to my 5/6 year old son throughout his Kindergarten year as part of Sonlight's HBL K. Each Bible account is short, concise, but hits the highlights and important parts in a way that the child can better understand it without talking down to them. Each account gives the references from the Bible that it comes from and features "Remember" which provides a few questions to check the child's comprehension/attention, "Discover" which further explains an idea or two, and "Apply" which is meant to get the child applying the Word to their life. With the age of my child, I usually skipped the "Apply" sections as he just didn't make those kind of connections yet or I thought the intended application was subpar and instead substituted my own.
One complaint: While salvation is discussed throughout the Bible readings and you, of course, can add more discussion on this all-important topic, it is only really discussed in the last two days (Dec 30-31), and poorly at that. Consistent use of the terminology "accept Jesus" with little explanation about the heart repentance that that life changing choice includes left me a little disappointed.
But overall, whether you as the parent/grandparent reading this with your child have an extensive knowledge of the Bible or not, this is a very good children's Bible choice.
One complaint: While salvation is discussed throughout the Bible readings and you, of course, can add more discussion on this all-important topic, it is only really discussed in the last two days (Dec 30-31), and poorly at that. Consistent use of the terminology "accept Jesus" with little explanation about the heart repentance that that life changing choice includes left me a little disappointed.
But overall, whether you as the parent/grandparent reading this with your child have an extensive knowledge of the Bible or not, this is a very good children's Bible choice.
May 21, 2022
I liked this Bible Story book very well, except for some of the questions after the stories. Some of the questions felt like they were pushing children to "make a decision for Christ," and I don't believe children should be pressured to do that. Otherwise, this is a beautiful book, with gorgeous pictures.
March 28, 2022
A nice little children's bible.
January 22, 2014
"One Year Bible for Children" is an illustrated Bible for young children (ages 5-8). It's designed to be read to the child and perhaps later read by the child.
The daily readings are about 1 page long and each has a date (January 1, etc.) for when it's to be read. I'd suggest starting at "January 1st" even if that's not when you start reading the book. The selections follow the narrative portions of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation with excerpts from the Psalms and some of the New Testament letters. Not all of the narrative in the Bible is covered, but it does cover more than I've generally seen in children's Bibles and it comes across as an ongoing story rather than stories taken out of context.
The text is a simplified vocabulary version of the actual Bible. You couldn't use this to look up specific verses, but I'd feel comfortable using this as a "real Bible reading" for young children. The commentary is kept out of the main text except when used to explain an event that might confuse children.
At the bottom of each reading, there are questions to see if the child has been paying attention and comments about what we learn from the passage. I like that these comments usually pointed out what we learned about God rather than using the story solely as a moral lesson. Also included is a prompt to think of ways to apply what we learned from the reading.
The full-color illustrations look like the cover and accurately portray the time period (except for the scarcity of brown- or black-skinned people). There is an illustration every two or three pages. Not every daily reading has a picture, but there are plenty of pictures.
Overall, I'd highly recommend this Bible as a read-to-them children's Bible.
The daily readings are about 1 page long and each has a date (January 1, etc.) for when it's to be read. I'd suggest starting at "January 1st" even if that's not when you start reading the book. The selections follow the narrative portions of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation with excerpts from the Psalms and some of the New Testament letters. Not all of the narrative in the Bible is covered, but it does cover more than I've generally seen in children's Bibles and it comes across as an ongoing story rather than stories taken out of context.
The text is a simplified vocabulary version of the actual Bible. You couldn't use this to look up specific verses, but I'd feel comfortable using this as a "real Bible reading" for young children. The commentary is kept out of the main text except when used to explain an event that might confuse children.
At the bottom of each reading, there are questions to see if the child has been paying attention and comments about what we learn from the passage. I like that these comments usually pointed out what we learned about God rather than using the story solely as a moral lesson. Also included is a prompt to think of ways to apply what we learned from the reading.
The full-color illustrations look like the cover and accurately portray the time period (except for the scarcity of brown- or black-skinned people). There is an illustration every two or three pages. Not every daily reading has a picture, but there are plenty of pictures.
Overall, I'd highly recommend this Bible as a read-to-them children's Bible.
May 22, 2012
We have been reading this book each night after dinner with our kids. They love it and we love the bible knowledge and deeper understanding of God that the stories build into our children.
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