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With a one year old, I was very excited to get my hands on a copy of bible stories for little ones.   We want to establish a routine of devotions and reading through the bible even at a very young age.   We started going through this book with our little one about 2 months ago.   She likes the pictures but of course doesn’t really get what we are reading yet.  Unfortunately, we do get what we are reading.   I know that a lot of the stories need to be simplified for the younger but this book has taken it too far.   God’s work of redemption is so watered down that you can barely see His hand at work.   The great lessons of the Old Testament which point to Christ have instead been made into nice little moralistic stories.     Another aspect which I take concern with is the way this book deals with the not-so-nice parts of the bible.  I understand that some subjects are not appropriate for little ones, but making up details to make the story nicer is a far grievous error.  This is misrepresenting God’s Word – even to our little ones.

The book also came with a cd with 100 bible songs which are supposed to correlate with the bible stories.  Some of them do, some don’t.   It was kind of fun hearing and singing songs that I haven’t sang since my own childhood.   Now my husband knows where they come from.

I am thankful that Thomas Nelson has a new bible stories out for toddlers.  I look forward to giving that one a try and seeing if that one is better.

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