Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 2007.
** that review was written by Terry Delaney. activity book that can be purchased in addition to that book. that is a great resource at many levels considering it not only teaches the alphabet but it plus begins to build a solid foundation of Scripture knowledge for the children as well as perhaps the new believing parent.
He blogs at Diary of a Seminary Student, Said at Southern, and Going To Seminary.
Brown, Alison. Brown takes a quick tour of the entire Bible in twenty-six letters.
The sub-title of the book is “introducing little children to well-known Bible stories.” that is accomplished and soon after some. For example, I would have thought that “w is wall” would have been about Jericho but it was not. Rather, she chose the story of Nehemiah’s rebuilding Jerusalem. all through the alphabet, you are introduced to Jezebel, Dorcas, jail, the epistles of Paul and Balaam. These are stories that most children are not as familiar with; that is, in the children’s bible story books I have read to my boys, these have never been mentioned to our detriment.
My oldest son, who is four, knows his alphabet but enjoyed the illustrations and even told me more about the stories than what was shared in the book. As I was reading the book with my boys, I was wishing they had scripture references for the stories so we could turn immediately to the Bible for more info. When I got to the letter Z, I noticed that the opposite page had a list of Bible references for all of the letters of the alphabet. I was excited that they did include that. Perhaps the only change I would produce is to add them in a smaller font size on each page, but that is just me.
This book has so much potential for use in Sunday School, in home schooling, and parents who want to teach their children their alphabet and introduce stories from the Bible as well. There is a 64p. $8.00 (Buy from Westminster Books and save 40%)
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I knew coming from Banner of Truth, that book would be a solid resource for young children learning their alphabet. I was pleasantly surprised to see just how much of a resource that book can become. Beginning with “a is for ark” and ending with “z is for Zion,” Ms. A Bible Alphabet. Foster” >Father’s Day Poem - When Father Reads The Book by G.E. 31 pp.
[Source] Tony Kummer
July 10, 2008
I see Bayard’s have got themselves a guest illustrator for one of their stories in the September edition of Storybox - award winning illustrator Helen Oxenbury, who also provided illustrations for Alice in Wonderland - http://www.Storyboxbooks.com