Recommendations for a good children’s Bible?

[LoeliaPonsonby]

Does anyone have any good recommendations for a children’s Bible suitable for primary age? C of E based, for what that’s worth.

Thank you!

DD uses the International Children's Version - if you want a full Bible, I'd suggest that or the New International Readers' Version

The Adventure Bible is brilliant. For younger ones the Big Jesus Storybook Bible is absolutely fantastic.

Desmond Tutu's Child of God is lovely, as well.

These are great, thank you very much!

Primary age is quite broad! I use the Catholic Children's Bible with older primary and young secondary (from about 8-9 years old). It's a full Bible, not just selected stories. Despite the name it's not particularly disinctively Catholic for the most part. There are some sections where it highlights a famous story and asks some questions for reflection around it, which may be a bit high church/catholic for your liking. But the actual Bible itself is a fairly standard translation.

We had a few before that aimed at younger children which were selected Bible stories rather than a full Bible, and the stories were retold/summarised, not in the original narrative. They were ok, on the whole (we had several gifted from various people), but I got really frustrated that they all followed the same formula of lots of stories from Genesis, a couple of the most famous stories from elsewhere in the OT ( maybe two out of Ruth, Job, David, Daniel) and then a load of Gospel stories and possibly the beginning of Acts. Nothing else. As though St. Paul and the OT prophets never existed. Apparently Scripture finished at Pentecost! It's a pretty warped 'Bible' IMO if it completely omits well over 50 books and only gives a passing mention to most others. But that's just my bugbear. The small board books which were just one Bible story each were better, because at least they weren't maskerading as something they're not!

Although the Jesus Storybook Bible isn't a full version it's wonderful at showing how it all points to Jesus, and has quite full stories.

The Lion Storyteller Bible seems to be used a lot in churches and CofE schools. I like the Jesus Storybook Bible too.

For an actual Bible Good News or New Living Translation are easy reading choices. And potentially the Bible for Everyone but I don't own the translation and I've not read enough of it.

Another vote for The Jesus storybook Bible is o clear at pointing to Jesus throughout the Old testament but then an NIV version once onto a full Bible. Get some good notes for them to use, we like the good book company selection, although the older two are doing the new testament bit of Bible in a year from holy trinity church.

The bonus with the app is you get David suchet reading to you if you want!

I still have mine from my Holy Communion in the 80s and my children Love it. Going to look at Desmond Tutu's

If you want something they will read themselves, then I’d recommend “Diary of a disciple” for 7-10 and “the action bible” for 8-12. The first is one gospel retold in a funny style, and the second is selected stories in comic book format, but they are both excellent and true to the original meaning. My kids have learned more from them than their traditional bibles at this age.

I’m reading the lion storyteller bible to my 7 year old at the moment and it’s pitched well for him and a nice version to read out loud. My boys both enjoy the Brick Bible as well (bible stories told in Lego)-not very traditional but gets them interested in the stories!