Read Aloud Bible Stories: Volume 1

The Ella Lindvall Read Aloud Bible Stories are an excellent resource for parents and grandparents. Stories are true to the Bible and the illustrations are large and colorful. This is my standard baby gift for new parents. My kids grew up having all four volumes read to them and now our grandson asks for the stories to be read.

My 3 year old granddaughter loves these stories. Yes, as noted in other reviews, the sentences are short and very "child like", but that's exactly what I wanted. At the end of each story is a "What Did you Learn" page with facts from the story (From God Gives His People Bread to Eat: "God knew His people were hungry. He gave them something to eat. He has made good things for us to eat too. Can you think of some?) Once my granddaughter is reading, this will be the perfect book for her to read aloud. The print is big and pictures are colorful. While visiting at my house, we read these stories every night for 5 consecutive nights.

great pictures and great way to tell stories. it is colorful and the words are big so when you get to be reading age, it is a nice book to practice reading...even up until 2nd grade or so. Definitely buy this

This series if books is the absolute best Bible stories for toddlers we have come across. Stories are simple yet accurate and highly engaging the way they are written. They are my 2 year olds favorite books.

Ella Lindvall's Read Aloud Bible Stories are wonderfully written and simple enough for the youngest child to understand, children to age six will appreciate the stories as well. The illustrations and attention to the phrases on each page make it a page turner and easy to read with expression for adults!

I thought that this would be a bible story suitable for a 3 year old. The stories seem to be for very young children or perhaps early readers. The illustrations are not impressive at all, but perhaps they're supposed to look like a child drew them with a magic marker.
Here is an example of the text to help you decide if this is the bible book you're looking for:
"The Wind That Obeyed from Matt 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25"
pg1. "Come" said Jesus. "Get into the boat. Let's go for a ride." 2. Jesus got into the boat. Jesus' friends got into the boat. Splash went the little waves. Splash. Splash. 3.Jesus' friends began to make the boat go. Pull, push, pull, push. 4. But Jesus was tired. He lay down in the back of the boat and went to sleep. 5. Now, while the boat was going, the wind started to blow. Who-o-o. Who-o-o. Who-o-o. 6. It blew the men's hair. It blew their clothes. It blew the water. WH-O-O-O. 7. Soon the little boat was rolling up and down, up and down. 8. Then some water came into the boat. SPLASH! went the big waves. SPLASH! SPLASH! Jesus' friends were wet. They were afraid too. 9. "Let's tell Jesus," they said. "Save us, Lord! Wake up! Wake up!".....
I hope that can give you an idea whether or not this is the bible story book for you. The story goes on for 6 more pages. I could only bring myself to type the first 9 pages.
I just assumed that Volume 1 would start in the beginning, but it doesn't.
The stories included in this volume:
The Man Who Was Too Little
The Man Who Couldn't See
The Boys and Girls and Jesus
The Wind that Obeyed
The Man Who Said Thank You

When my son was in preschool, this was hands down one of his favorite books, along with Vol. 1. The stories are simply written yet remain true to the spirit of the Word. We highly recommend these books!

We read the Christmas story on Christmas day and it held my 2 1/2 year old's attention! This will be a tradition at our house on Christmas day every year while we have young children. I highly recommend volumes 1, 2 and 3!

Purchased this book along with the other volumes. I was not sure how my children would take to the books. To my surprise they gravitated to them on the first reading. The size of the book (12in. x 8in.) along with the colorful pages give appeal to the little ones. The biblical messages are geared to toddlers simple yet effective. I recommend this series. Well worth the purchase.

Best bible storys have used in my day care center for years the chioldren love and become apart of the storys I have purchased for all the grandchildren now i have a 2 year old im starting the series for her they really learn

Upon receipt, I skimmed the Bible Stories as it will be a Christmas gift for a three-year old who is very special to me. It contains stories I have already shared with her, and since she loves books and enjoyed learning about God, I know she will absolutely love this book.