January 5, 2009 at 9:50 pm (Bible, Christianity, New Testament, ages 7-9, anthologies, funny stories, mythology and legends, picture books, religious)
Title: One-Minute Easter Stories
Author: (Adapted by) Shari Lewis and Lan O’Kun
Illustrator: Pat and Robin DeWitt
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0-358-24960-8
Summary: Very short stories to do with the last days of Jesus, Springtime, and various Easter traditions.
Butterfly’s notes: Most of the stories in this book are decidedly religious, and a few are histories. They are lovely stories told in a short and sweet style.
Categories: ages 7-9, mythology and legends, funny stories, anthologies, picture books, religious, Christianity, Bible, New Testament
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January 2, 2009 at 10:42 pm (Bible, Christianity, New Testament, Old Testament, ages 10-12, anthologies, mythology and legends, picture books, religious)
Title: Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
ISBN: 0-399-21690-1
Summary: From the New International Version of the Bible, some of the most well-loved stories of the Old and new Testaments.
Butterfly’s notes: There are a lot of children’s Bibles out there. I like this one because it combines tasteful drawings with actual Biblical text.
Categories: ages 10-12, anthologies, Bible, Christianity, mythology and legends, New Testament, Old Testament, picture books, religious
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January 2, 2009 at 8:54 pm (Bible, Christianity, New Testament, ages 10-12, ages 7-9, mythology and legends, picture books, religious)
Title: The First Christmas
Author: Anita Ganeri
Illustrator: Maggie Downer
Publisher: Derrydale Books
ISBN: 0-517-06971-7
Summary: A loveable, easy-to-understand re-telling of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
Butterfly’s notes: This book tells a well-known series of events in a wonderful, story-book style that kids will love.
I used to enjoy reading it over and over as a December bedtime story. The words to the popular Christmas song Away in a Manger can be found in the back of the book.
Categories: ages 7-9, ages 10-12, mythology and legends, picture books, religious, Christianity, Bible, New Testament
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