Reviews

The Jesus Storybook Bible Gift Edition: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones

zachnachazel's review against another edition

5.0

I’ve been reading this with my young daughter and couldn’t be more thrilled with the accuracy and delicacy of this translation. Where tough topics arise, they wrote them in a way to shape questions for my little one without sharing too much. At the same time, it tackles the difficult to understand topics of the trilogy, death, sin, etc.

But the best part of this Bible is that every chapter ends pointing to Jesus. How great of a lesson this Bible is in showing my kids that the entirety of the Bible points to Him. I would highly recommend this Bible.

srpskimama's review against another edition

Ran out of time and had to return it

heatherclark's review against another edition

5.0

I can't get through reading this to my kids without crying. I've learned so much from reading this children's Bible. Everyone, whether child or adult, should have a copy of this book.

showell's review against another edition

4.0

My 3 yr old loves this version of the Bible (it's our 3rd to try). We read it cover to cover at first, and now just pick stories from it (she gets to pick 2, then I pick 1, to make sure that we aren't always reading the same 3 stories).

apochemu's review against another edition

5.0

It's hard for me to find children's versions of scripture that I actually like, but we all really loved this one. The illustrations made me want to linger a little longer on each page. The stories were well chosen and well written with the focus always on Jesus and his personal love for the reader. It kept the spirituality of the scripture while making it more accessible to children. I liked reading the stories first from here and then from the Bible to help with comprehension. That way, the kids were already familiar with the basic storyline so we could focus more on the beautiful language of the Bible and the deeper meaning of the passages we read.

annaisjoyful's review against another edition

4.0

Overall a brilliant kids Bible, with lovely illustrations and an emphasis on showing how all the stories whisper the name of Jesus and point to Him, particularly throughout the Old Testament. The reason this didn’t get 5 stars from me though is that I wish the author didn’t make stuff up so much though as my children take it all as fact and when they read their real Bible may wonder where some details have gone. Things like “three wise men” - with theological accuracy in so many other ways, it baffles me that this is included.

I’d also recommend the audio version - we listen to it a lot in the car and it really helps to solidify the word of God in my heart and my kids’ hearts as we travel about!

allie_hilleson's review against another edition

4.0

I enjoyed going through this with my baby and look forward to reading it with her again.

Some of the stories do have creative adjustments and a little fictionalization of details but I love that it points every single story to Christ and shows the overall story of salvation in the Bible.

sheridacon's review against another edition

5.0

Best kids' Bible out there, in my opinion. Jesus is in every single story. Love it!

dbg108's review against another edition

5.0

I'm in love! !!!! I can't believe a Christian Bible this good exists. The art is beautiful. No pasty white Jesus (or Moses). And the text is a loose re-telling of the Bible as a coherent, unified narrative with everything rightly pointing to Jesus. I'm at a loss for words for how well this was done. Tell your friends. Tell the world.

motherteresareads's review against another edition

5.0

GREAT bible for kids! Every story points to God's greater story of his son Jesus and his great plan of redemption. Each story is told in a moving way that also uses language kids can understand. The illustrations are beautiful too. My son just turned two and we read him a story from this bible every night and find we are just as engaged as he is. Highly recommend!