The One-Year Bible for Children by Gilbert Beers. Tyndale, 2001, 432 pages.
Reading Level: Chapter Books, ages 6-8
Recommended for: ages 6-8
Bottom Line: Though not a complete Bible, and not a translation, the NLV One-Year Bible introduces beginning readers to the inductive method of Bible study by questions at the end of each reading.
The scope of this “Bible” is the historical books, gospels, Psalms and some epistles, so it’s not comprehensive. All the readings are retellings, in effect a paraphrase of a paraphrase (the New Living Version), and that’s another problem, because they may reflect more on the author than the original scripture. I include it here mainly as an example of the inductive study method, rare for a children’s Bible or storybook. Each reading ends with Remember questions (observation), Discover questions (interpretation), and one Apply (application) question, adding up to an effective all-purpose approach to studying the Bible. If you trust the paraphrase, this could be a way for beginning readers to transition to the actual scripture text. It also might also be worth having a copy of the One-Year Bible on hand just for the questions, which can then be applied to reading “real” Bible passages. The pictures are nice, too.
Overall Rating: 3.5 (out of 5)
Categories: Chapter Books, Bibles and Bible Storybooks, Christian
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