Andy Naselli
Jan 7th, 2010

Six Books for Children on the Bible’s Storyline

In 2008, Jenni and I profited from reading two “documentary novels” by Paul Maier:

  1. Pontius Pilate
  2. The Flames of Rome

We recently received six of his books for children, and they’re outstanding.

1. The Real Story of Creation

2. The Real Story of the Flood

3. The Real Story of the Exodus

4. The Very First Christmas

Jenni warmly recalls reading this many times as a child.

5. The Very First Easter

6. The Very First Christians

The picture of Agrippa (p. 27) reminds me of someone I know!

Related: About a year ago, Jenni and I reviewed several hundred children’s books and highlighted our favorites: “Theology for Kids.”

13 Responses to “Six Books for Children on the Bible’s Storyline”

  1. # Nick Hillon 08 Jan 2010 at 9:14 am

    Andy,

    Do you know what age these books are suitable for?

    Thanks,

    Nick

  2. # Andy Nasellion 08 Jan 2010 at 9:33 am

    Good question. My wife, who earned a degree in early childhood education and then taught for four years, says that the books are “early to mid-elementary.”

  3. # dawn garretton 08 Jan 2010 at 9:52 am

    Are there pictures of Jesus in these books?

  4. # Andy Nasellion 08 Jan 2010 at 10:03 am

    Yes. Unfortunately, the pictures of him in The Very First Easter are hippy-ish.

  5. # dawn garretton 08 Jan 2010 at 10:50 am

    [sigh] And they looked so promising.

  6. # Andy Nasellion 08 Jan 2010 at 11:12 am

    Dawn, if you prefer not to use books with pictures of Jesus, I understand and respect that. But at least the first three books (and maybe the last one—I don’t recall) don’t have pictures of Jesus.

  7. # Jon Andersonon 08 Jan 2010 at 11:27 am

    I think Agrippa just might be Mark Dever!

  8. # Arline Ervenon 08 Jan 2010 at 11:31 am

    For what it’s worth…as a first grade teacher, I’d like to say that it’s very hard for children to visualize a story without its main character’s picture present.

  9. # Jeremy Jacksonon 08 Jan 2010 at 12:37 pm

    Thanks for sharing this. I’m assuming these would be too difficult for 6 years old?

  10. # Jennifer Nasellion 08 Jan 2010 at 2:47 pm

    Jeremy,

    It really depends on your 6 year old. They’re definitely not too difficult if your 6 year old enjoys being read to and likes details. They’re early elementary reading level, but I’m sure a 6 year old would enjoy listening to the stories.

    FWIW, we’re using them with our 19 mos. old daughter, and she really likes the pictures. :)

    Jenni Naselli

  11. # dawn garretton 08 Jan 2010 at 6:17 pm

    That’s something anyway. Thanks! I’m trying to find good Resurrection Sunday children’s books w/out pictures of Jesus and they simply seem to not exist.

  12. # Denny Leeon 09 Jan 2010 at 11:09 am

    Could you recommend some books for kids around 4 or so? Thanks.

  13. # Andy Nasellion 09 Jan 2010 at 11:24 am

    Denny,

    I’d start with the first three books that Jenni and I reviewed about a year ago in “Theology for Kids.”

    The audiobook in the deluxe edition of the Jesus Storybook Bible is really well done.

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