A few weeks ago Calvin was baptized, and he received a few books for presents. It occurs to me that without a children's Bible and small religious picture books, it would be nearly impossible to teach a small child about God (Well, I suppose the experience of going to church and hearing the music and everything will make an impression). An adult Bible is just too hard to read.
We have My Little Picture Bible, which is written by James Harrison and illustrated by Diana Mayo. The book is about 80 pages, with each bible story on 2 or three pages, so you can sit down and read them one at a time.
Jesus Storybook Bible; Every Story Whispers his Name, by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Illustrated by Jago, is 350 pages, and a little more sophisticated. What I love about it is how the illustrations, layout and design of each page is always changing. You have to turn the book sideways for David and Goliath, because the giant is so big. Even though the whole book is much longer, the stories are still divided into manageable chunks, so I've already read a few of them to Calvin. The pictures are so good that it is very entertaining.
The last book Calvin got was Today I was Baptized, by Dianne Ahern and Illustrated by Katherine Larson. The story is in the point of view of a newborn being baptized, and I was reminded how much babies and little kids love looking at pictures of little babies.
i bet that jesus storybook is a pretty cool book with great illustrations, even though on the cover jesus looks just a tiiiny bit like Arthur the Aardvark.
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