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Children's Bible Story Books and Devotionals

My favorite Bible Storybooks:

Ages 1-3:
The Read Aloud Bible Stories Vol.1-4 by Ella Lindvall and The Tell Me Stories

Ages 3-5:
Searching For God's Love by Pat Holt and Robyn Vander Weide
Big Thoughts for Little People by Kenneth Taylor
Everything A Child Needs To Know about God by Kenneth Taylor
The Bible Illustrated for Little Children by Ella Lindvall (small, out of print book)

Ages 4-7:
Read and Share Bible
The Big Picture Bible
The Long, Dark Scary, Night by Pat Holt and Robyn Vander Weide
The Jesus Book: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why Book About Jesus by Stephen Elkins
Get Wisdom! by Ruth Younts (Grades K-4)

Ages 6-10:
Mighty Acts of God by Starr Meade
Why Christmas? by Barbara Reaoch and Carol McCarty
Church History ABCs by Stephen Nichols
God's Names by Sally Michael
Biography Series for Young Readers by Simonetta Carr Ms. Carr has written books on John Owen, John Calvin, and Augustine so far.
Athanasius by Simonetta Carr  It is from the biography series.  This book specifically introduces Athanasius, who contradicted Arias' belief that Jesus was not fully God.  Athanasius believed that Jesus was both fully God and fully man, which is a very important belief.

Ages 10-14
God's Mighty Acts in Salvation by Starr Meade
God's Mighty Acts in Creation by Starr Meade

Ages 14-18
The Most Important Thing You'll Ever Study by Starr Meade This study will take high schoolers through the entire Bible.

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