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Children’s Bible for 10 yr old who reads well?
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I am looking for a children’s Bible at a more advanced level, by which I mean containing a larger number of Bible stories and telling them more completely than many children’s Bibles do. My 10 year old girl is a great reader and is currently reading The Lord of the Rings aloud to her younger sister, to give an idea of her level.
She finds the actual Bible (we have the New King James translation) to be “too hard and boring” for her. She enjoys reading several illustrated children’s Bibles we have and tells me they are very interesting, but most are far below her reading level and leave out or abridge many important stories. I’d like to get her a higher level children’s bible she can read on her own to expand her knowledge. She specifies that it must be illustrated!
Thank you for any suggestions!
Vos children’s Bible has pictures (color plates) in the middle from what I remember. It is written in a very engaging voice and puts all the stories in chronological order. I learned a lot from it when I read it aloud to my kids.
That said my 10 and 11 yr olds have their own special Bibles with their name embossed on them. They are regular NASB Bibles and they love to have their own like that…. maybe try am easier translation?
Just 2 ideas….
Have you tried Christian Light Education? It is a set of 10 workbooks per grade level. It gives scripture to look up and a memory verse, but it also gives so much Jewish history and explanations. You can look at samples online and I would just get a higher grade level for her. It is very affordable (you can always buy one to see how you like it), I think it is under $5 for a book. We did not do the comprehension questions, although we did talk about what they learned. I don’t think the teacher’s guide is necessary. It is written by Mennonites, we are baptists and I did not notice any different beliefs.
Hope that helps.
Our go to was the Golden Children’s Bible – it was mostly fairly complete in the Bible stories. Any children’s Bible is going to be seriously lacking though in completeness. We ended up getting an HCSB in giant print for my daughter when she was 8 or 9, and it was much easier for her to read because of the print size. The only real Bible I know of that has “illustrations” is the Archaeology study Bible, and it does have some really great photos of sites, artifacts, and maps. That might be a good bridge.
Thank you all for the great suggestions! The CLE sounds like a wonderful resource. I will take a look.
I also checked out a copy of the Golden Children’s Bible. I think my daughter will enjoy the pictures and it does look more complete than what we have. The Archeology Bible sounds interesting for adults too! Thank you everyone.
I recommend the Bible Nurture and Reader series by Rod and Staff Publishers. You could get the readers separately or with the workbooks.
After reading the story from the reader we read the corresponding verses in the King James Version and choose a verse to memorize.
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