Picture That! 2: Bible Storybook

By Tracy Harrast and Garry Colby

"Now children age six and under can read about some of the most remarkable stories in Amazing Stories of the Bible! This easy-to-read, interactive book encourages reading development and Bible learning at the same time. Using the same format as Picture That! Bible Storybook, this fun, easy-to-read book features some pretty amazing stories. Based on the New International Reader’s Version® (NIrV—The NIV for kids!), Amazing Stories of the Bible is reading at it’s easiest! Written by best-selling author Tracy Harrast, this fun Bible storybook includes:• More than 60 Bible stories that will amaze and inspire new readers. • More than 90 full-color picture icons that encourage beginning readers to jump from picture to picture, as they try to read words in between.• Bold, colorful full-page illustrations• Plus a “What did you learn?”—One-line lesson summaries at the end of each story that help children remember and apply what they learn. Unique and creative—Amazing Stories of the Bible is bound to become a favorite."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: May 3, 2011
• ISBN: 9780310727200

Book preview

Old Testament

Oh No! Sin Comes In

Genesis 1:1–3; Romans 5:1–21

God made the and everything in it. The first God made were Adam and Eve. God said they could any in the of Eden except 1. Adam and Eve made the choice. That first sin changed the whole ! Adam and Eve had to leave the . After that, would die and have big problems. Many years later God would send his Son to save from sin and death. When we believe died on the to take the punishment for our sins, God will forgive us and will let us live forever in with him.

What Did You Learn?

Because Adam and Eve sinned, people die. Because Jesus gave his life, people can live forever.

The First Rainbow

Genesis 6:5–8:17

After a while, in the became so bad that every thought they had was evil. God was very But there was 1 Noah, who followed God. God told Noah to build a big Then God sent at least 2 of every into the After that, it so much that covered the But God kept Noah, his family, and the safe in the God promised that it would never that much again. He put a rainbow in the sky as a reminder of his promise.

What Did You Learn?

Rainbows remind us that God promised not to cover the whole world with water again.

A Tower to Heaven

Genesis 11:1–9

When people first lived on the everything was new, all spoke the same language. When they learned to make bricks, they became proud. They tried to build a that would reach to God did not want them to build the To them, he changed their languages. They could not understand each other. So the building came to a When a babbles, no one understands him. No one understood the people when they talked, so they called the Babel.

What Did You Learn?

God wants us to be humble.

Angels Come to Lunch

Genesis 18:1–15; 21:1–2

The Lord and 2 visited a named Abraham. Abraham told his wife, Sarah, Quick! Bake some ! He gave his a to fix for lunch. The ate the food. Then the told Abraham a secret. Sarah would have a within 1 year. Sarah laughed. She thought she was too old to have a The Lord said, Is anything too hard for God? Sarah

Reviews for Picture That! 2

[homeschoolbookreview · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Do you know what a rebus is? It’s a puzzle that uses pictures to represent words in a well known saying or famous quotation. The old television game show Concentration was based on this idea. The Picture That! Bible Storybook uses a variation of this concept to help children ages 6 and under who know their ABCs and 1-2-3s to start participating in reading. This picture reader sprinkles over ninety full-color picture icons into more than 65 Bible stories, 26 from the Old Testament, from “The Start of the World” through “A Big Fish Swallows Jonah,” and 41 from the New, beginning with “Baby Jesus Is Born” and ending with “Jesus Will Come Back.” The back of the book includes a subject index and a section of questions and answers about “Who Is Jesus?” The picture icons are listed on the inside front and back flaps, so when a parent reads the story aloud, the child can fill in the words represented by the icons. In fact, in all the stories, the words are actually written right under the icons. Whether this is a sound educational method of learning to read isn’t for me to say, but I do know that our boys had a lot of fun with it I guess the idea is that the icons will encourage kids to jump from picture to picture and then try to read some words in between. At the end of each story, there is a simple, one-line lesson which helps children remember what it teaches and see how to apply what they learn. The stories are well written and accurate yet brief - no more than 1-1/2 double-spaced pages in age appropriate descriptions. They are also in the same order as they're in the Bible, and the illustrations are very colorful. Tracy Harrast is the best-selling author of My Mommy and Me Story Bible and some forty other books. There is also a Picture That! 2 with even more Bible stories.