The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible by Jared Kennedy Review

Kids know the value of a promise. Through the gospel, our good and all-powerful God keeps his word and fulfills his promises to us better than we could have ever thought or imagined! 

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.

• Gospel-centered Bible stories expressed in ways that speak to toddlers and preschoolers.
• Children will learn the good news of God's love for them.
• Traces God's perfect promises through fifty-two Old and New Testament stories.
• Brightly colored illustrations by Trish Mahoney highlight each story and add fun elements to keep young children's attention.
• Each story ends with a question that parents and caregivers can use to reinforce the message.

  My Thoughts:

Are you looking for a Story Bible to us with your toddlers and preschoolers? The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible by Jared Kennedy may be the one you are looking for.

This is a hardback book that has 52 Old and New Testament stories. The 52 stories are 26 in the Old Testament and 26 in the New Testament.

The Story Bible is illustrated by Trish Mahoney. The illustrations are bold and colorful. The pictures are perfect for the intended age. The pictures aren’t too busy but, have enough on the pages to explore the story while you’re reading to them. Some of the illustrations are silly looking according to my older kids. The pages are thick and glossy.

A neat feature is that at the end of each story there is a question that you ask your little ones about the story. This is a great way to have a deeper discussion with your kids about God’s Word.

There are some adding creative liberties to the stories. Which they don’t take away from God’s word but, at the same time those liberties don’t enhance the story either. The stories also leave out things in the story like when Moses killed the Egyptian instead they say he went away. Then they have Cornelius eating lasagna.  I would have rather not have those in the stories. Just remember that this is a Bible Story book and shouldn’t replace the Bible. The stories tend to be very abbreviated compared to what I think would be needed for this age group.

Overall, this is a nice story Bible book for young kids. 

I received a free copy of this product from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this information accordance with the FTC Regulations.