How can parents teach their kids about God€™s faithfulness? Give them My Everyday Promise Bible, from the creator of Jesus Wants All of Me! This brand-new book for kids ages 3 to 5 is packed with age-appropriate Bible promises, devotional thoughts, and fun, colorful illustrations. It features 365 daily readings on a promise of scripture, carefully written so that kids can understand. Author and illustrator Phil A. Smouse has created an engaging way to introduce youngsters to the unchanging goodness of God. (20090918)
I got this digital download from NetGalley and every day have been reading it. My intention was to write this review on the last day of the year, but it has since been removed from NetGalley. This was a fantastic children's devotional. It teaches our kids all the values we try to instill in them and in ways they can understand. Accompanied by beautiful illustrations. Any parent would appreciate the book and be happy having their child read it, or have it read to them.
A few years ago I first discovered the fun and amusing illustrations and devotions of Phil A. Smouse in My Everyday Promise Bible subtitle: 365 Promises for Little Hearts. This year you can rediscover all that in a fresh reprint. While the Promise Bible was hardcover with a ribbon, the 365 Bible Promises for Little Hearts: Encouraging, Character-Building Thoughts for Kids Ages 3 to 7 is a great hand-size paperback. Considering the pages are numbered ("Day 52") there is no real need for the ribbon anyway... While the main interior text and concept is the same, there are some great new benefits to this edition.
This 2012 Bible Promises book is available in eBook format as well as this awesome little paperback. It is also printed in the United States as opposed to India like the one before. That is a major plus to me. Maybe I'm being silly, but another thing that I like is that this book is called 365 Bible Promises - it immediately tells me that it is a devotional while with the former being called My Everyday Promise Bible makes me feel like it should have been more than just devotional. Overall, I definitely think you could be pleased with this one added to your child's shelf.
*Thanks to Barbour Books for providing a copy for review.*
What a delightful little devotional for 3-5 year-old children! Before a child is able to read on their own they could enjoy this as a caregiver reads to them and/or just enjoy the pictures through out. Each page is filled with a verse, a sentence explanation in understandable terms and an image that shows what the word of God is portraying in that verse. I cannot wait to get a copy of this to share my little gal and I suggest that you look into it for you and yours! Coming, September 2009.