Every mom knows there’s more than one kind of picture book. Am I right?
There are picture books that are truly books of pictures–with few words, if there are any at all.
There are picture books for the youngest of readers.
There are picture books for early readers to read on there own.
And, there are picture books for older readers. Books that take more than one sitting to read through, that use higher level words, and that won’t bore your older elementary school-aged children. Those are the type of picture books we’re going to talk about today.
Christian Picture Books for Older Kids
Wonderfully Made: God’s Story of Life from Conception to Birth
The World Created, Fallen, Redeemed, and Restored: The Gospel Plan of GodThat Little Voice in Your Head: Learning about your ConscienceHOW MAJESTIC IS THY NAME: DELIGHTING IN THE GRANDEUR OF GODA Child’s First Book About Marriage: God’s Way is Always BestLessons I Learned From My Little Girl
Wonderfully Made is the story of each child’s preborn life, told from the perspective of the child’s mother.
My sincere hope that Wonderfully Made will help a generation of children develop a tender understanding of life in the womb, and of their own worth in the eyes of God.
The World Created, Fallen, Redeemed, and Restored: The Gospel Plan of God is divided into four “sections”: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration.
The books explains the overarching narrative of God’s plan for salvation from Scripture. Full of illustrations from the Bible, this is book provides a really helpful way to guide your older children through the story of redemption.
That Little Voice in Your Head: Learning about Your Conscience is a beautifully-illustrated book about the conscience. I really love the little light bulb.
Andrew David Naselli co-authored Conscience: What Is It, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ for adults. That Little Voice in Your Head is written for young people, to help them understand the gift of a conscience that the Lord has given us. It covers what a conscience is, how Jesus cleans our consciences, Bible rules vs. family rules, how to treat your conscience, and how the Bible helps your conscience grow and develop.
How Majestic is Thy Name: Delighting in the Grandeur of God is a lovely 73-page picture book about creation. This picture book has glossy pages and gorgeous photographs.
Each two-page spread has interesting facts about a part of creation (like flowers, wind, dew, sea monsters, eagles, silver, gold), and then an explanation about how God is greater than the aspect of creation just described, along with a Bible verse or passage.
A Child’s First Book About Marriage: God’s Way is Always Best is a wonderful book on God’s design for marriage, written in a very appropriate and winsome way.
The book covers God’s ordination of the institution of marriage, the union of man and wife, friendship in marriage, the marital vow, how to love someone with a broken marriage, what God says marriage is, and marriage as a picture of Christ and his Church.
Lessons I Learned from My Little Girl is a unique picture book–I’ve never seen anything like it!
The book recounts stories of Dai Hankey’s little girl, each with a spiritual lesson. The 42-page book is divided into short chapters, covering subjects such as our creation by a God who cherishes us, God’s love for us, our sin, Jesus’ understanding of us, Jesus’ atonement for our sins, God’s forgiveness in repentance, eternal life, and our response to God. The pictures are beautiful, and the stories are engaging.
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Bible Resources for Your Kids
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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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