Title: A Little Christian’s Animals
Author: Lila Noffsinger
Series: The Little Christian Learning Collection, book 2
Major Themes: Animals, Bible Stories
Synopsis: Beautiful pictures and very simple text make a perfect book for toddlers to enjoy.
Last year, I was given a copy of A Little Christian’s 123s to review, and though I liked it, I did not write a review of it for this site. However, I have just received the second book in the series, A Little Christian’s Animals, and I like it even better.
Publisher’s description:
A Little Christian’s Animals is the newest installment of the Little Christian Learning Collection, which teaches preschool-level learning concepts with Bible stories! In A Little Christian’s Animals, children journey with sing-songy rhymes through ten animal-centered Bible stories. Children will be captured by Lucy Shin’s adorable illustrations, and parents will enjoy nourishing their kids’ hearts and minds. Big Biblical truths are packed into this bite-sized book, the perfect length for little attention spans. Little animal enthusiasts will love Jonah’s whale, Daniel’s lions, Egypt’s frogs, and many more animals! A Little Christian’s Animals is sure to become a family favorite of kids and parents alike!
My thoughts:
This book is cute! Each two-page spread has just one sentence, giving one simple fact about an animal that is mentioned in the Bible, along with a beautiful, full-color illustration of that story. These pictures are somewhat cartoonish in style, but not so much that they bother me—and not even my husband, who is a stickler for realism! This book is perfect for 2-year-olds or maybe even 18-month-olds who like picture books. It’s a bit too young for my youngest at this point, but the last page tells where to find the stories in the Bible, The Beginner’s Bible, and The Jesus Storybook Bible. That is a way to expand this little book for older children. On the very last page is a QR code that will take you to a website that offers free downloadable coloring pages of the pictures in the book. My 4-year-old has been enjoying coloring them while we have our family Bible time in the evenings.
Bonus: My review of A Little Christian’s 123s:
I read this book to my 3-year-old. She enjoyed it, and loved that she could recognize most of the stories referenced in it. Each two-page spread has just one sentence, written over a number and containing that number. The picture on the page illustrates a story from the Bible, which the sentence refers to. At the end of the book is a page that gives the location(s) in the Bible in which each story can be found, as well as the pages on which the story can be found in two common Bible storybooks. While this picture book is great for 1-2-year-olds (my littlest is already a bit beyond it!), these references can be used to expand the book and make it even more useful. The pictures are delightfully cute! While they are slightly cartoonish, they don’t have the “bug eyes” that my husband hates.
I received complimentary copies of these books from the author, and these are my honest thoughts about them.
No warnings!
Age levels:
Listening Level—Ages 1 – 2, 3 – 4
Reading Independently—Ages 7 – 9
Links to buy this book:
Amazon: Paperback | Kindle | Hardcover
AbeBooks: View Choices on AbeBooks.com
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