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Title: A Child's First Bible by Sandol Stoddard, Tony Chen, Tom Chen ISBN: 0-8037-0941-2 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: February, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: A good bridge betw. toddler bibles and bible storybooks.
Comment: This book fills a real gap in "first bibles." At one extreme are toddler bibles that have simplistic pictures and text. They bore my toddler stiff. In my opinion they are horribly inept at conveying the excitement, mystery, and poetry of the bible. At the other extreme are bibles for 4-8 year olds. These often have beautiful illustrations, but the stories are too complex and difficult to paraphrase. **This** first bible has captivating illustrations and simple straightforward stories. One page of text per story is about all my almost-3-year-old can handle, and when her attention wanders, I can quickly trim the story, and move on to another. The illustrations can also stand-alone, so I can compose a simple story from my own memory while my child looks at the picture. Or I can add details I think are interesting. So for us, it is a good way to start becoming familiar with the bible stories. My only criticism is that Jesus and his apostles look like white Jews of European heritage, and the Egyptions look like people of color. So at the least it could help perpetuate the myth that Jesus was white. The DK illustrated bible, in contrast, is more realistic and hence more inclusive. There are two books I've earmarked for later use -- the DK illustrated bible because it has so much information about biblical times, and the Kingfisher book of bible stories because the stories seem so fluid and readable. But both of those are too complicated for my daughter now. As I started off by saying, this book bridges the gap.