I have to admit that when a new picture Bible storybook comes out I am always curious about how it will be different from others that we've read as a family. Today a new one arrived in the mail. The Beginning Reader's Bible , illustrated by Marijke ten Cate is a little different than other Bible storybooks we have in our house. I mistakenly assumed that it would be a Bible storybook for early readers, written at a 2nd or 3rd grade reading level. I did note that the description mentioned that it had excerpts from the ICB, but I assumed these were short. In actuality, the text is almost entirely excerpts from the International Children's Bible with illustrations. There are verses in boxes for almost every lesson that are good to repeat and memorize with your children. There are also scattered boxes titled "Do God's Word" which include ideas for activities to reinforce the theme of the passage or to explain a theological concept such as sin. At first...