NIV Kids' Visual Study Bible, Hardcover, Full Color Interior

Is there a new Bible out for kids? Isn't there a new Bible every day? What's so different about this one? Why do I need to buy it? Good questions!

The NIV Kids’ Visual Study Bible, for ages 8–12, brings the Bible to life in four-color illustrated splendor. This study Bible includes a spectacular full-color interior featuring over 700 illustrations, photos, infographics, and maps on every page that visually represent key Bible information. Each page also features important facts located near the relevant verse. Intriguing facts; colorful, engaging maps; photographs; and illustrations make this a Bible they’ll want to explore.

Features:

Over 700 four-color photographs, illustrations, infographics, and maps throughout
Full-color design
Book introductions, including important facts and an image to orient the reader
One-column format with sidebar study notes for ease of reading
Presentation page
The complete text of the New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible

(Spoiler's Alert)

I gave it to one of my neighbor's kids and even though their children were not Christian, they loved the illustrations. It was their favorite book for weeks. They even brought it to school to share with friends. It's a win-win situation. The good news is spread, but it doesn't read like a normal Bible.

Dinner Recipes

There is nothing more like home than a home-cooked meal. Amen? Everyone, whether young or old enjoy a good comfortable meal now and then to disrupt the unhealthy eating habits adapted to their work life.

Even students have to turn to eating ramen noodles or mac and cheese from the box as a staple food when studying for exams.

This is where this book comes in handy. Of course, you do need a kitchen and some cooking utensils like pots, pans and stirring spoons. But the recipes can be made in one big pot and can last several meals.

Dinner is all about options: inventive, unfussy food with unexpected flavor. Clark’s mission is to help anyone—whether a novice with just a single pan or the experienced home cook—figure out what to make any night of the week without settling on fallbacks.  These inherently simple recipes can turn anyone into a better and more confident cook.

Love Letters from God to Girls!

There's something so sentimental about love letters to girls especially. Girls and women all over the world are exploited for heinous crimes, but here, these letters are made for our daughters to read.

So to sum it up, girls are important to God. There's a saying out there: behind every man is a woman on her knees.

I have reviewed all the other books in this series and I think this is the best because it is specified to girls who need this extra confidence boost in today's world.

In this heart-warming picture book designed for girls, author Glenys Nellist tells the inspiring stories of incredible women in the Bible. With beautiful illustrations by Rachel Clowes and sweet lift-the-flap envelopes, each story delivers a special message for children to open as they read their own personal love letters from God. Full of warmth and love, this picture book will fill girls’ hearts with the wonder of the Lord. The stories of Eve, Miriam, Esther, Mary, and much more will delight children and remind them of the bond they can share with God, just like th
e women of the Bible.

Coloring Devotional Book

Have you ever wanted to be your own illustrator? Now's your chance! This devotional book let girls be their own illustrator while reading the Bible. Each page is printed on high-quality, thick paper stock that won’t bleed through. And when you’re finished coloring with markers, metallic pens, or colored pencils, you will have a chance to reflect and journal about each promise from Scripture, and find inspiration for every day. Perfect for girls 8-12.

Even though this book was received for free from Book Look bloggers, I still wanted to receive this devotional for my cousin who is 13. Even though she is now a teenager, her passion is coloring and making designs on paper. As an older cousin, who can resist thumbing through those black and white pages without designing the flowers and patterns while reading God's word?

The Legend of the Sand Dollar

The Legend of the Sand Dollar tells the story of Kerry, as her cousin Jack reveals to her the deeper meaning of Easter hidden within something as small as a sand dollar. This Easter tale reminds everyone everywhere that when Jesus died for us and was resurrected, he promised hope for all.

I loved the full-colored illustrations and the story itself about the legend of the sand dollar. I never knew it had such a deep meaning to it.

But all in all, the book felt rushed. When I was reading it, the story didn't flow as well as it could have flowed. I didn't understand where the cross was in the sand dollar, and there was little characterization.

It seemed that the author wanted to tell the story of the sand dollar, but didn't know where to put it in the story. It started in a nice way but ended abruptly.

Children will love the pictures, but probably won't understand the depth of the story as much.

When God Made You

When God made you, He knew the number of hair you would have and the achievements you may grow up to achieve.

Even adults in this day and age need to hear the above sentence from time to time. Because this society has become a 'me' society, many other people are feeling that no one cares about them.

Even more so, children nowadays need more encouragement than ever about growing up and knowing that someone cares about them all the time.

Through playful, charming rhyme and vivid, fantastical illustrations, When God Made You inspires young readers to learn about their own special gifts and how they fit into God’s divine plan as they grow, explore, and begin to create for themselves.

‘Cause when God made YOU, somehow God knew
That the world needed someone exactly like you!

The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread their wings and fly.

A Little Thing Called a Conscience

Have you ever heard of the angel and the devil? Those two little voices that make you choose wise choices or bad choices? Most of all, the devil wants to do things you want to do, but the angel holds you back from making unwise decisions.

It has been depicted in a variety of shows and movies. It's another little thing called your conscience. The thing that tells you not to do something even though you want to do it.

In the book called, Your Magnificent Chooser, John Ortberg addresses the ability to choose in a whimsical way by inviting children to use their “magnificent chooser” that God gave them to make right choices daily. It's a great teachable moment for children that is depicted in a very down-to-earth kind of way for visual illustrations.

 For kids, those choices can include whether to be obedient or disobedient, to share or be selfish, to have a good attitude or not, and more. This is not a one time read-aloud, but a book that can be revisited more than once as you point out real live examples in your child's life as a parent or an educator in your classroom.