The Beginner's Bible Jesus and His Friends: My First

by Kelly Pulley (Illustrator)

Jesus loved his friends, and he had lots of them. His friend John baptized him; other friends learned from him. Jesus healed many people, and they became friends, too. Early readers will gain insight into Jesus' life when they read Jesus and His Friends. This book, part of the I Can Read series My First level, encourages children to love God's Word.

Genres: Church, Childrens, God

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2007

About the author

When Kelly Pulley was very young, he dreamed of being a cowboy; unfortunately, he didn’t have a horse, a hat, or a rope, so his range riding dreams were temporarily corralled. He did have a Deluxe 64-count box of Crayola Crayons with a built-in sharpener — so instead of cow poking, he became an artist.
Now Kelly is a full-time writer and illustrator of children’s picture books. He has illustrated numerous children’s books, including many in the Best-selling Beginner’s Bible and Veggie Tales series.

He has authored and illustrated several picture books, including the outlandish and wacky Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn (Gauthier Publishing), the humorous, Bicycle-themed Bicycling Rules of the Road, and The Cycling Wangdoos, (Schiffer Publishing).

Kelly is also the author of the inspirational Magnificent Tales series, Food for a Fish — The Whopping Story of Jonah and the Whale, Good News of Great Joy — The Amazing Story of Jesus’ Birth, The Biggest and Toughest — The Short Story of David’s Big Faith, Daniel for Lunch — The Tasty Tale of Daniel in the Lion’s Den and Treasury of Bible Stories — Rhythmical Rhymes of Biblical Times (David C. Cook).

His illustrating clients include: Zonderkidz, Worthy-Ideals, David C. Cook, Lifeway, Wiley Publications, United Methodist Publishing House, The Clever Factory, Studio Fun International.

Reviews

[Sandy]

Jesus and His Friends was pretty good. It's written in a way that young children should be able to understand the gist of the story. This book covers who the twelve apostles were (by name only), and two of Jesus's miracles--the feeding of the five-thousand and healing the centurion's daughter. The healing is mentioned only in passing with little detail. The feeding of the five-thousand has a little more details.

I suppose since this is a "shared reader" level that means the parent is mostly reading to the child. I originally requested these books thinking that my son who is 6 and learning to read would be able to read this on his own. I didn't actually ask him to try, but there were words that I know he hasn't been exposed to either the phonics rules or the words themselves. That is no fault of the book. I just didn't pay close enough attention when I requested it. Overall, I give The Beginner's Bible Jesus and His Friends 4 Stars. Have you read this book? What did you think? Let me know!

[Christine]

Easy to follow and understand. I liked that the names of the disciples were on a page. This book is a good introduction for an early childhood kiddo beginning to learn about the life of Jesus. It can be a springboard for conversations about other points in Jesus life as well. My two year old son wanted to hear the story as well as my five year old and I worked through it. The pictures seem to be engaging.

[Emily]

Not altogether biblical, but closer than another in this series. Child friendly, easy to read.

[Luisa Knight]

A nice version for youngsters who want to read about Jesus for themselves.

Reading Level: K - 2nd grades