Christmas Gifts

Here is an article I recently wrote about Bible Storybooks for our church newsletter. Feel free to copy it!


Bible storybooks or Christian magazines make great gifts for your child or grandchild! Surround children with stories about our God. Here are some ideas for young children:

o The Little Christian is a new magazine coming out in January. Each issue, which comes in the mail, includes a Bible story, a page using sign language, a faith based story and other ways to enrich your child’s faith. A subscription of 10 issues is $24.95. Subscriptions are available at: www.thelittlechristian.org

o The Read Aloud Bible Story Books Volume 1, 2, 3 and 4 by Ella Lindvall and H. Kent Puckett are great for reading to young children or for early readers. The language and large pictures easily engages children. Each book contains 5 stories. Cost: $14.99 per book

o God Love Me series by Patricia Nederveld contains 52 books. Each book includes a Bible story, a prayer and suggestions for activities to further think about the Bible story. The books can be purchased separately or in groups. Cost: $2.95 per book available at Faith Alive Christian Resource (www.faithaliveresources.org or call 1-800-333-8300)

For Elementary children:

The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago. Each story told in this book points toward Jesus. Each story “vividly illustrated as it is portrayed, but also each tale is telling one Big Story—the Story of Jesus. Even the Old Testament stories of ‘The young hero and the horrible giant’ and ‘Daniel and the scary sleepover’ come full circle to Jesus, the greatest Hero, King, Lover and Rescuer the world has ever known.” More to Life Magazine. Cost: $16.99