The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible, by Jared Kennedy

(Hardcover, 272 pages, first published in 2017)

A stand-out among Bibles for preschoolers, this book's focus on the promises of God makes the gospel come alive to the littlest hearts through fifty-two stories.

In The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible, author Jared Kennedy traces God’s perfect promises through fifty-two Old and New Testament stories, retold in simple and compelling ways with toddlers and preschoolers in mind. Each gospel-centered story highlights God’s tale of redemption through Jesus and the unexpected and surprising ways that God’s grace and mercy are revealed throughout the Bible. Children will hear the good news of God’s love for them clearly expressed in ways that will speak to their young hearts. Brightly colored illustrations highlight the stories and add fun teaching elements of counting, opposites, patterns, and object recognition to keep even the youngest child’s attention. Every story also ends with a question that parents and caregivers can use to further reinforce the message.

Through reading this book one chapter at a time to your children—or letting them read it to you!—even the youngest kids will come to know that God’s promises are especially for them, and that God always keeps his promises.

Considerations: This book contains depictions of Jesus. See Redeemed Reader's review here.

Ages: 3-6