Sweet Bible Story Book for little girls

So, we got a new devotional Bible for the girls in the mail today.

It was a very pleasant surprise—it was different than what I expected. God's Little Princess Devotional Bible is a collection of Bible stories with short reflections, activities, scriptures, and lessons for parents to read to their little girls. It is most appropriate for ages 5-7, but could be read to a 4 year old if they have good reading comprehension and can understand a story without pictures. Most of the stories from the Bible in this collection, focus on a woman in the Bible.

This book is a little different than every other collection of Bible stories that I have for my daughters. First, almost all of the stories each focus on a woman or at least include a girl or woman in the story—so, many people that are included in other children’s Bibles are not in this book—like David and Joseph. But, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. This book was not intended, it seems, to give little girls a sense of all the stories in the Bible. The author has chosen specific stories to illustrate specific lessons—devotions—that she wants to share with little girls.

I am embarking on a new age with my oldest daughter. She has just finished kindergarten and I realized that there are a lot of things she is now ready to learn about. The devotions in this Bible hit the mark! They are what I’ve been looking for. I just read God’s promises for Girls to them, but it focused so much on God’s love and not on the reality that little girls do make bad choices sometimes, but they need to try to love God, love their families, and love others.

The one thing I would wish for this book is different illustrations. The reason I think it isn’t the best for a four year old is that there aren’t any pictures to go along with the Bible stories. That would make it difficult for little girls who need pictures to help them understand what is being read. In addition, the pictures of Gigi (I believe that is her name) seem to be of a very little girl (under 5), which is much younger than the girls who are most likely to read this book with their parents.

Overall, I would recommend this devotional Bible to any mom of a little girl who loves to dress up and who is looking for a Bible that combines lessons about manners, Bible stories, character lessons, and scripture. These are all the things I want to talk with my little girls about this summer!