Welcome to Part II (out of II) of my listings for suggested books for \u201cdevotional\u201d type of read alouds for little ones. We are specifically looking at the upper end of ages three to six today (yesterday we looked at the lower end of that age group). Some of the ones listed below, however, I still use with my eleven year old (and, in the case of Character Sketches, I still use with my seventeen and fifteen year olds!!!). <\/p>\n
If you are not currently doing any type of devotional reading with your little ones, just pick a book or two from today or yesterday\u2019s list\u2014and do it! You can get these at the library, from the links below, or from your local Christian bookstore. At this age, you only need five to ten minutes a day to start instilling faith-building, potentially-life-long habits in your children\u2014and help them start learning God\u2019s Word and God\u2019s ways early.<\/p>\n
1. Story Bibles and story Bible sets<\/p>\n
a. \u201cThe Picture Bible\u201d by David C Cook\u2014after the \u201cMe Too\u201d Bible stories, \u201cThe Early Reader\u2019s Bible,\u201d \u201cThe Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes,\u201d and \u201cMy Bible Friends,\u201d we used this wonderful, comic-book-style Bible. Ray read this whole Bible aloud to each child when he or she was around age four. (Actually, Ray found this in a Christian bookstore thirty years ago just after we were born again as young adults. He got it and read it through himself as he said it helped him know \u201cBible talk\u201d better when he knew very little about the Bible and many Bible stories. So we\u2019ve had copies of this Bible for thirty years in our home!) https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Picture-Bible-Story-Book-Ed\/dp\/1555139906<\/a><\/p>\n b. Family Bible Library\u2014I reviewed this book earlier in the year. This is a wonderful complete ten volume set of Bible stories. Read the review in full at the link below. If you have children eight and under, I highly recommend you find this set used, buy it, and use it every day. (That\u2019s what we did! I read it to te kids when they turned four (sort of after Ray did \u201cThe Picture Bible\u201d), then when each child became a fluent reader, between nine and eleven or so, he or she read the entire set to himself (or aloud to a little sibling). https:\/\/positiveparenting3-6-5.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/day-fifty-nine-think-of-yourself-as.html<\/a><\/p>\n 2. \u201cCatechism\u201d Type of Books\u2014I love using the books listed below with my young children as they answer those questions that kids those ages often ask, \u201cHow can there be three in one?\u201d \u201cWhere is heaven?\u201d \u201cWhy did Jesus die?\u201d \u201cWhat is sin?\u201d etc. You are never too young to start learning basic Bible doctrine!<\/p>\n a.\u201dBig Truths for Little Kids: Teaching Your Kids to Live for God\u201d by Susan Hunt: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1581341067\/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0802840353&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=14KZJYBNXBQPPMWNYZ5Q<\/a><\/p>\n b. \u201cMy ABC Bible Verses: Hiding God\u2019s Word in Little Hearts\u201d by Susan Hunt and Evette Banek– https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-ABC-Bible-Verses-Hiding\/dp\/1581340052\/ref=pd_sim_b_4#reader_1581340052<\/a><\/p>\n c. \u201cLeading Little Ones to God\u201d by Margaret Schoolland\u2014help your little one think rightly about God from the beginning\u2014\u201ccatechism for preschoolers\u201d: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0802851207\/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0802840353&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=14KZJYBNXBQPPMWNYZ5Q<\/a><\/p>\n 3. Picture books by Christian authors have character, Bible, and faith messages\u2014I love using picture books to teach many things to my children\u2014faith and Bible, counting, alphabet, science, history\/geography, relationships, character, and more. I will list a few picture books below, but most Christian bookstores have at least a small selection of picture books that teach faith, character, biblical principles, etc. Stories, of course, are outstanding teaching vehicles, as evidenced by the fact that Jesus taught so much using stories. <\/p>\n a. \u201cA Hat for Ivan\u201d by Max Lucado: https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/a-hat-for-ivan-board-book\/max-lucado\/9781581346565\/pd\/46565\/1071101320?item_code=WW&netp_id=348434&event=ESRCN&view=details#curr<\/a><\/p>\n b. \u201cTale of Three Trees\u201d by Angela Hunt https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/the-tale-of-three-trees\/angela-hunt\/9780745917436\/pd\/19014\/1069491512?item_code=WW&netp_id=155456&event=ESRCN&view=details<\/a><\/p>\n c. \u201cIn Case You Ever Wonder\u201d: https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/just-case-ever-wonder-board-book\/max-lucado\/9780849975097\/pd\/75093?item_code=WW&netp_id=196760&event=ESRCN&view=details#curr<\/a><\/p>\n d. See other Max Lucado picture books: https:\/\/www.christianbook.com\/a-hat-for-ivan-board-book\/max-lucado\/9781581346565\/pd\/46565\/1071101320?item_code=WW&netp_id=348434&event=ESRCN&view=details#curr<\/a><\/p>\n e. “My Heart, Christ\u2019s Home Retold for Children” by Robert Boyd Munger\u2014one of my personal favorites!!! https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/cgi-ivpress\/book.pl\/code=3395<\/a> <\/p>\n