Bible Stories GONE CRAZY! Blog Tour Sept. 14-18, 2015

There is nothing like an easily written and colorfully illustrated book for children about the Bible. "Bible Stories GONE CRAZY! by Josh Edwards is illustrated by Emiliano Migliardo. There are 8 Bible stories in the book. The child is asked to find the teddies in the paintings and to explore the pictures to find mistakes.

It is fun to look for the mistakes in the illustrations. For example, in the Bible story about Daniel in the lions den there is a lion carrying a bundle of balloons. There is also a chalked game of Hop Scotch in the lair. One angel carries dentures in her hand. I could imagine children laughing at these paintings. For a synopsis, you can read about two to three sentences at the top of the page.

Near the bottom of the pages are the scriptures that will fit the drawings.The scriptures are rather lengthy. It is helpful to think of the child's age. Probably, an adult will read the stories to the child. The question is whether your child would begin to wiggle and lose interest  during the story telling.

At the bottom of the pages, there are a series of questions. To answer the questions, the child must look at the pictures on the pages again. Reading the book and looking at the art helps the child develop proficiency with concentration and  observation skills. Counting skills can become developed as the child counts the teddy bears in the illustrated pictures. To help along the way, the exact number of teddy bears are found on the last page of the book, the answer page.


The book begins and ends with a funny picture from a Bible story. All the way through the book, there is this feeling of playful fun. The back and front covers give an idea of the fun to be found inside the book. The illustrations definitely fit the description "comically illustrated." Kregel Publications



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