My Learn to Read Bible: Stories in Words and Pictures

By Tracy Harrast and Christine M. Schneider

The Bible Just For Beginning Readers

Designed especially for children ages 4–8 who are just learning to read, the My Learn to Read Bible shows little ones that God’s Word speaks to them too! Incorporating the rebus method, this storybook Bible uses special icons to help children discover new words and gain reading confidence. Based on the easy to read New International Reader’s Version, the simple text is paired with charming illustrations that bring the Bible to life. Each story ends with a special lesson to help little hearts draw closer to God. It’s the perfect resource to help young ones grow in both heart and mind!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Sep 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9780310754992

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A Note to Moms and Dads

The first time you travel through this book with your children, you may need to be the one who reads the text and a few of the words under the pictures in the text.

Next time, just sit back and be the audience! Your children will be thrilled by how easy it is to read to you for a change.

The truth identified after each story helps your children think beyond details of the story to what it teaches. Emphasize that there are many lessons to learn from each Bible event. In fact, the Holy Spirit can teach us additional truths every time we reread a Bible story.

Reading with you may be your children’s best memories. So lift them onto your lap and enjoy helping them get to know God by reading these stories adapted from his holy Word.

Find and Read

Words and Pictures

Old Testament

The Start of the World

Genesis 1

Long ago God said, Let there be light , and there was light . The next day he made the sky. On the third day, God made dry ground , plants, flowers , and trees . The fourth day he put the sun and moon up in the sky. On the fifth day, God made fish that swim in the water and birds that fly in the sky. He made more animals and then a man and a woman on the sixth  day. All that he made was very good.

God made the world!

The First Man and Woman

Genesis 2:7 – 8, 18, 22 – 25

The very first man was Adam. God made him out of the dust of the ground . Adam lived in a pretty garden . It was called the Garden of Eden. God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. So God made a woman to be with him. man Her name was Eve. Adam and Eve were happy .

God does not want us to feel alone.

A Snake Lies to Eve

Genesis 3:1 – 6, 23

God told Adam and Eve, Do not eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden . The devil turned into the shape of a snake and talked to Eve. He told Eve it was good to eat the fruit from that tree . The snake was lying! But Eve believed him. She chose to eat the fruit and then gave some to Adam to eat . God was sad because they did not obey him. So Adam and Eve had to leave the garden .

The devil tells lies.

The First Rainbow

Genesis 6:5 – 8:17

After a while, people in the world became so bad that every thought they had was evil. God was very sad . But there was one man , Noah, who followed God. God told Noah to build a big ark . Then God sent at least two of every animal into the ark . After that, it rained so much that water covered the earth . But God kept Noah, his family, and the animals safe in the ark . God promised that it would never rain that much again. He put a rainbow in the sky as a reminder of his