Bible Stories Every Child Should Know

Every Child Should Know

by Kenneth N. Taylor

Best-selling author Kenneth Taylor was well-known for his faithful retelling of Bible stories in a way which engaged young children. This newly illustrated collection of more than 120 Bible stories from his Classic Bible Storybook present the truths of the whole Bible in a language that is understandable for kids. Each story has 3-4 comprehension questions to help children easily grasp Biblical concepts.

Reading this book will help young ones love stories of the Bible and may even help adults fall in love again with God's Word.

Genres: Childrens, Christian

368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2021

About the author

Throughout his publishing career, Dr. Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor's dream was for all peoples of the world to read and understand God's Word and experience its power at work in their lives. From his earliest children's books to his generous support of Christian ministry, this vision was (and still is) reflected in his work. Ken Taylor, founder of Tyndale House Publishers, died in June 2005 at the age of 88. Early in his publishing career in the 1950s as director of Moody Press, Dr. Taylor wrote several children's books. Born out of experience with his own ten children, "Stories for the Children's Hour," "The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes," and others are now being enjoyed by a third generation of children. "My First Bible in Pictures" was included in "Publishers Weekly"'s list of "All-Time Best-Selling Children's Books" in 2001. His love for children (including his 28 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren) continues to inspire new titles. In fact, it was his children, in their confusion over the meaning of the King James Version, who prompted his mission to make the Bible understandable for everyone. Dr. Taylor's "Living Letters," a thought-for-thought translation of the New Testament Epistles, was published by the newly formed Tyndale House Publishers in 1962. The complete "Living Bible" followed in 1971 and has now sold over 40 million copies in its many editions. In 1996 Tyndale House introduced the "Holy Bible," New Living Translation. In keeping with Dr. Taylor's vision of Scriptures that everyone can read, the New Living Translation is a thought-for-thought translation that is exegetically accurate and idiomatically authoritative. Ninety of today's leading Bible scholars worked with Tyndale House to develop this easy-to-understand translation. Tyndale has become one of the top evangelical publishers in America and today publishes books, several Bible lines, periodicals, and videos. During the past 40 years, Tyndale House has distributed over 100 million Bibles, New Testaments, and Bible portions worldwide. Dr. Taylor used the success of "The Living Bible" to further his mission by distributing all its royalties to Christian ministries worldwide. He founded Living Bibles International (which merged in 1992 with the International Bible Society) for translating, publishing, and distributing modern-language versions of the Bible around the world. His life of service has been recognized with at least 30 honors and awards from different organizations, including four honorary doctorates. In October 2000, Dr. and Mrs. (Margaret) Taylor were awarded the Distinguished Service to Family Award by Wheaton College. A graduate of Wheaton College, with graduate studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Taylor held 15 directorships with Christian organizations at home and abroad.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars. A wonderful Bible story-book. I loved how many stories are told here, it’s a kind of breadth not a lot of story bibles have. It’s also got a fairly no-frills approach to each story - trying to tell it faithfully with little embellishment, which it achieves well for the most part. This is a great way to introduce your kids to the stories of the Bible, we’ll definitely be reading it again with our kids in the near future

[Lissie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spent several months reading to the kids- I liked how faithful it was to Scripture.

[Megan Scholle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the review questions at the end of each story. My 4 year old was starting to be able to answer some of them as we were finishing up.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read with Lily. Better than some of his early Bible story books.

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brief stories (less than 5 minutes) with pictures that generally held the attention of my 6 and 8 year olds with a handful of comprehension questions at the end of each story that were helpful and sometimes spurred additional conversation. A nice addition to a young family’s library.

[Adam Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of 120+ illustrated Bible stories, taken from Kenneth Taylor's Classic Bible Storybook. We read it through at breakfast with our 7-year-old and 4-year-old. Each story ends with some basic comprehension questions. The range of stories is impressive - beyond what you would normally get in a Bible story book. A good balance of Old and New Testaments. For us, some of the stories felt unnecessarily long, with extraneous (for the purposes) detail or preamble. But other age groups would probably have a different experience. Anyway, if you're a parent or a children's worker, highly recommend you consider adding this to your collection.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful collection of Bible stories and simple review questions!

[Shannon Evanko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Evelyn and I thoroughly enjoyed reading these each morning!

[Beth Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so great to read to my children. The questions at the end of each story kept them engaged. I highly recommend as a discipleship tool!