
The more facts the better!
That’s because kids brains in the elementary years are primed for remembering anything and everything. Tweens love to learn information that makes them feel like they have the inside track to understanding important topics.
Catherine MacKenzie has written a fun book for 8-12 year olds that helps them understand the most important topic of all — getting to know God for kids. And, she’s filled it with all kinds of fun information about how God designed your child, including their amazing brain!
Help Kids Know God
In engaging language, Catherine MacKenzie’s book, How to Be a Bible Brainiac (Christian Focus Publications, 2023), helps kids learn more about how God designed them. They’ll learn how his special design enables them to learn more about God and his plans for your child through his Word.
Your kids will learn God, his Word, and growing in the fruit of the Spirit as they know God better.
Each chapter includes fun elements, like:
- Black and white illustrations
- Extra Facts about Topics like: Anatomy, Nature, and Families
- Bible Proof: Verses that Correspond with each Chapter’s Theme
- Ask Yourself: Questions for Consideration or Discussion
- Look Up: A Verse to Look Up and Questions to Consider
There are also occasional sidebars with important things to know about a subject, like: God’s Word, God’s world, and God himself.
This book is a wonderful exploration of how we know God better as we read and study the Bible.
Knowing God Through His Word
How to Be a Bible Brainiac has 99 pages of text, with thirteen chapters:
- Don’t Bust Your Brain!
- Skin and Bones!
- Getting to Know You!
- It All Starts with God!
- God’s Superpowers!
- God Says It!
- God Never Changes!
- What’s Next?
- What God is Really Like!
- Copying Christ!
- And There’s More!
- You Yourself!
- Wrapping Up!
The book is a fun, informative look at knowing God through Scripture for your 8-12 year olds.
Purchase How to Be a Bible Brainiac
How to Be a Bible Brainiac is a great addition to every church and home library!
Catherine MacKenzie
Catherine MacKenzie comes from Scotland and has written several biographies for young teens in the Trailblazers series as well as other titles for younger children. She is Editor for Christian Focus’ children’s imprint, CF4Kids.
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Puzzle-Based Independent Bible Study for Kids!
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2, ESV

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- Observe: They pay attention to what they’re reading.
- Interpret: They figure out what the Bible means in that section.
- Apply: They decide how the truth of God’s Word impacts their life today.
There are a great many truths in life to be found—some interesting, some boring, and some that really matter. You can be the kind of investigator who spends time puzzling out important truth so that you can know all the knowable knowledge that God has given us. That’s right. God, the Creator of the Universe, gave you a great big letter from him to explore and study so that you can discover the truths that really matter to your life!”
Bible Investigators: Creation, (The Good Book Company, 2024), page 7
The Bible Investigators: Creation Bible study for kids, written by Danika Cooley and published by The Good Book Company, is 272-pages of learning, puzzles, and fun activities designed to help your kids become amazing independent Bible investigators–observing, interpreting, and applying God’s Word as they learn what the Bible teaches on a particular subject.
Bible Puzzles for Kids
Middle grade kids, aged 8-12, love puzzles. After all, their brains are just built for figuring things out and memorizing facts. Puzzles are a wonderful way to help kids develop logic skills and retain important information. And, the book is written in a fun, conversational tone your children are sure to love!
What types of puzzles and activities will you find in Bible Investigators?
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- Word Searches
- Crosswords
- Rebus Puzzles
- Dot-to-Dots
- Logic Puzzles
- Missing Letter Puzzles
- Cryptograms
- Word Sudoku
- Mazes
- How-to-Draw Pages
- Matching Pairs
- Word Scrambles
- Journal Pages
Every child is sure to find activities they’ll love!
Elementary-aged kids need hands-on middle grade resources that engage them and equip them to process important truths.
Bible Investigators is the perfect resource to teach your kids about an important biblical doctrine, while helping them apply God’s Word to their lives today.

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