Two years ago, I had a long conversation with a local bookstore owner about children's bibles. It was he who explained to me the difference between the ICB (International Children's Bible) and the NIrV. I've written several posts that reference these two translations (see http://lovetopaint.blogspot.com/search?q=NIrV ). To quickly summarize, the NIrV is a simplified version of the NIV and the ICB is a thought for thought paraphrase. After my conversation, my husband and I decided to purchase an NIrV for our 6 year old daughter. It was a little above her reading level, but we knew she'd grow into it. She did the next year. We wished at the time that we could get her a copy of the ESV, but the only one available for children didn't have notes that would be helpful to her at her age. My husband struggled though because he really wanted Autumn to read from the ESV. Last month, Crossway published a new edition of the ESV for ages 8-12....