The Family Story Bible

by Ralph Milton

Book Overview

Author Ralph Milton gives us a fresh, contemporary collection of Bible stories for children and families, containing more than five hundred colorful illustrations, and featuring stories about women... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664221084
• ISBN13: 9780664221089
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

My 5 year old loves it

This book came recommended by my sister, who is a Presbyterian minister. I was looking for a way to include scripture in our daily lives but felt that the traditional devotional books were too structured for DD yet. I have found that reading these stories brings the Bible to life for her and I'm learning a great deal too. I would recommend this for any families and even those without children for learning the scripture and Bible stories in a way that make them interesting and memorable.

Good family reading

This is a charming version of the Bible for the family to read together--adults reading to kiddies too young to be able to read, for instance. It is the best version that I've seen for small children who have to be read to, and has good illustrations. Our 14 months old will sit down and "read" it aloud, looking over the pictures, for her own benefit. She favors the scenes with animals. I liked it because it tries to cover Old and New Testaments both and seems to touch on all the books of the Bible in a simplified way.

No Sugar-Coating

This is an excellent Bible particulary for folks of the Reformed/Presbyterian Tradition. The stories are told using real images and language -- it's not sugar-coated nor is the theology compromised by using a slightly elementary vocabulary. The illustrations are vivid and hold attention -- all in all, it's an excellent family Bible!

Creative, Inclusive, Thoughtful and Playful

This is the only bible I am willing to read to my daughters, ages 4 and 6. I am very hard to please ... open in my spirituality, and desiring of inclusive material that is creative yet true to the sacred stories of the Christian tradition. This bible keeps my girls' interest and sparks their natural questions. It invites an open-ended sense of wonder, and avoids cliches or pat language. And I enjoy it. There are many stories of women in the bible, and all the stories are thoughtful, inclusive and understandable.