The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name

Fabulous book, so beautifully illustrated and so well told ! My kid loves this book

A wonderful book! Rather than just retelling many Bible stories with illustrations, which thousands of other books do, this book also shows - in just a few words for each story - how every story in the Bible is a demonstration of God's love, with the OT stories pointing forward to Jesus as Savior of the world. I have also purchased the DVD set (which follows the text of the book and uses partially "animated" versions of the illustrations in the book) and the excellent curriculum materials that are designed to accompany the book. I would recommend this book for use in schools, churches and homes.

My daughter love this children's bible. it is simple, and faithful to the bible's narrative. it's taught me a thing or two while reading it to my daughter :) It's something she can read for years, and still learn new things. oh, and the artwork is outstanding. it's my favorite gift to give other kids too!

I love this. Bought this copy for using here in India since I left ours back where we live outside India.

Most amazing way to narrate Bible stories to your children. It's so well written that it's wonderful for adults to read too. Must buy!!

Perfect for little ones... love the illustration...

The best children's Bible I've come across! A delightful read for kids and adults alike!

Lovely Bible to read to children. Beautifully explains the gospel in each story. Buy it.

La manera de exponer las historias es preciosa. Nos ha gustado a todos.

Esse é de longe meu livro infantil favorito! Muito sensível a escrita, sempre apontando pra Jesus.

I am so excited about this. It just came in the mail from Amazon, and I have been bringing it with me everywhere I go like show-and-tell because I am that pumped about it. Here's the thing; I started thinking about my first-graders and how I'd love to simply read a chapter book to them from week to week rather than individual stories. That got me to wondering if such a thing existed: a chapter-book version of the Bible. In my search, I stumbled across The Jesus Storybook Bible, which is pretty close. I love the byline: "Every story whispers his name." Every story in the Bible (even the Old Testament ones) whisper the name of Jesus, even all of the best faerie-stories we read in books and see in movies echo Jesus' story. Listen to this excerpt from the introduction: read it out loud; it was meant to be read aloud: "No, the Bible isn't a book of rules, or a book of heroes. The Bible is most of all a Story. It's an adventure story about a young Hero who comes from a far country to win back his lost treasure. It's a love story about a brave Prince who leaves his palace, his throne -- everything -- to rescue the one he loves. It's like the most wonderful of fairy tales that has come true in real life! You see, the best thing about this Story is -- it's true. There are lots of stories in the Bible, but all the stories are telling one Big Story. The Story of how God loves his children and comes to rescue them. It takes the whole Bible to tell this Story. And at the center of the Story, there is a baby. Every Story in the Bible whispers his name. He is like the missing piece in a puzzle -- the piece that makes all the other pieces fit together, and suddenly you can see a beautiful picture. And this is no ordinary baby. This is the Child upon whom everything would depend. This is the Child who would one day -- but wait. Our Story starts where all good stories start. Right at the very beginning..." I'm impressed by the style and the quality of the writing and the art in this Bible. I'm impressed by the author's use of punctuation and parallelism and alliteration to make the story come to life. I'm impressed by the way she introduces ideas like God's "Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love," ideas like Home (and ontology), Good and Evil, and the Creation-Fall-Redemption narrative. Sally Lloyd-Jones acknowledges Tim Keller for "giving [her this] vocabulary of faith." I'm impressed by that too. It sounds a bit high-faluting when it's described by how it has impressed me; but I promise you, it is not. It's a children's book that young children can read themselves and enjoy. But like any good children's literature, it's a good read for adults too. Literally every story in this Bible from Genesis to Revelation hints at Jesus, speaks to the Logos, the Center of God's Story (and ours). This children's Bible is creative; it's fresh; it's intellectually ingenuous. It's what we've been waiting for. The Jesus Storybook Bible isn't a replacement for your Children's NIV, but it's a good place to start, and a good supplement, even for your personal Bible reading as well as your children's.

I don't like the book. Very disappointed to have it.

Didn't you ever wonder, what's the interest in telling my children such stories as David and Goliath ? Or Jericho walls falling down ? What do they catch when they listen such tales ? A possible morale, some violence too... So what's the point ? Finally, this Bible invites us to go further, behind the 1st sight, the 1st listening... it shows Jesus behind each story, even of the old Testament ! It is really a great tool to help adults explain biblical stories to children giving them a real meaning, without loosing sight of the main point ever : Jesus. Drawings are just so kind too ! A precious, precious pearl.... My kids and myself just love it !