Bible in Pictures

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The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes by Kenneth n. Taylor

This book is absolutely beautiful and has been written in very simple short stories that hold a child’s interest. The illustrations are beautiful and bring to life each story being told. 

The genre for this book is nonfiction because the stories and events in this little book are based on facts from the Bible. This book contains many stories from the Bible but does not follow a specific sequence but rather brings out stories that a young reader can identify with. Because of this, this book could also be a chapter book.

Each story in this little book has a lesson to be learned.

• Each story has 3-5 questions following it that immediately get the children involved (I would ask the questions first and have the children listen to see if they could hear the answer while I was reading)
• One activity would be to have the child/children stop and really think about the story and see if they can figure out what the lesson is. This makes for a great teaching tool.
• Another activity is to explain why this lesson was needed, what was learned from it, how was the problem resolved and was there another choice?
• Having children role play the characters helps a child see through their own eyes. An example is Joseph and his coat of many colors or what happened to baby Moses when he was put in the little boat and set adrift.

 This is one of my all time favorite picture books. This was read to me as a child, kept in the family and read to my siblings, my children, my nieces and now the next several generations down. This book brings the Bible to life for children. It is written in a simple style for a child to understand along with beautiful art work in vivid color. Children learn without realizing they have done so.

Other books by Kenneth N. Taylor include:

Devotions for the Children’s Hour

Living Letters for the Children’s Hour

Living Thoughts for the Children’s Hour

Stories for the Children’s Hour

Living Bible (Tyndale House Publishers)

(Taylor, 1956, 1985)

Bibliography

Taylor, K. N. (1956, 1985). Chicago: Moody Press .