Customer Reviews
Pretty retellings..... - By: A. Roberts, 05 Sep 2008 
I was mislead by the title & expected a bible (well, ok, extracts)for children. I did not expect retellings of the stories with inaccuracies thrown in. Correct me if I am wrong, but nowhere, for example, does it specify THREE Kingsin the Nativity. Three gifts, yes, but not kings. Or Magi. Nit picking? Probably, but why make up details that are notin the original text?
IF the book had been titles "stories from the Bible" I would not have bought it & would have avoided disappointment.
On the plus side the illustrations are very pretty & 'tis true my children enjoy listening to the stories, even if they are read by a grumpy old pedant like me.
Dumbed down and dull - By: D. Macqueen, 01 Nov 2007 
I am sorry to have to write such a negative review. But we were given this bible as a present for our young daughter by a well meaning Aunt. While we appreciated the idea & present - this book just has too many mis-interpretations of the original text to feel comfortable with. I do not want my child to be put of Chritianity when she realises that romanticised stories peddled by this book don't wash with the real world. The bible is a complex text whose interpretation needs serious scholarship & I am afraid this book lacks the scholarship to be able to translate the stories into a child-friendly format. The point of many stories is so skewed that it makes you wince. The glossy cover illustration is not really representative of the content. Most stories don't have illustrations - certainly not enough to hold the attention of a child. The illustrated childrens bible looks much better.
lovely childrens bed time story book - By: , 02 Nov 2001 
Having travelled to my sisters house & forgot to take any bed time reading books for my 5 year old I found this osborne childrens bible on a book shelfin her house. Emma thoroughly enjoyed the stories because they were so well writen with childrenin mind. The stories are easy to understand & have nice pictures on each page, also each chapter follows on from the previous one, they have some basic reference to the peoplein the previous stories (this was donein an easy enough way for Emma to point this out). I offered to buy Emma a new book the next day while we werein town but she asked if we could read some more from the bible book.
I think this book would make a lovely christening/birthday present for a small child.
