Tiny Bear's Bible Book Review

Title: Tiny Bear's Bible.

Author: Sally Lloyd-Jones.

Illustrator: Igor Oleynikov.

Genre: Christian, Nonfiction, Children's, Bible, Colorful.

Plot: Having greatly enjoyed the Little Bunny's Bible previously, I decided to get the Tiny Bear's Bible and save it for my future son. I love the extremely soft fur of the cute brown bear, though one of his ears has a hole in it. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that there are different Bible stories in this one, compared to the Bunny Bible. Included are the Story of Creation, the rainbow after the flood, the story of Moses being rescued by Pharaoh's daughter, David and Goliath, Daniel in the Lions' Den, the Birth of Christ, Jesus saving the disciples from the storm at sea {the chapter title for that one is pretty cute: Jesus Stops a Scary Storm}, the Lord's prayer, Zacchaeus, the original Easter story, and God's promise that He is with us always. Each story has a lovely set of verses telling the story to a child, followed by a special little message just for the baby. The baby is called Tiny Bear throughout the book.

The artwork is breathtaking! The beautiful pictures sprawl across the pages, with a wonderful blend of detail and simplicity that keeps you coming back for more. There are also a lot of unusual animals in the pictures; there's a walrus, an ant-eater, a leopard and flamingos all on the first page! I really like having the option of teaching my children about other animals besides the standard puppies, kittens and bunnies.

Likes/Dislikes: After opening the package, I presented my thirteen month old daughter with the book to get her opinion on it. She spent a good several minutes staring happily at the cover and stroking the bear's face before opening the book all by herself and squealing in excitement over the beautiful pink first page that contained the creation story. It took two attempts to read her the whole book, but she had fun pointing out the lions {"Look, there's Leo, your lion, What's he doing there?"}, and she pointed out Baby Jesus, squealed and then shut the book on my fingers. Apparently her favorite page is the last one with all the flowers and children standing around Jesus. I recommend this for slightly older children with longer attention spans than mine since it takes a bit longer to read the whole story on each page when they just want to turn the next page or go crawl around some more.

Rating: G - all ages, but mainly nine months and up. Highly recommended!

Date Review Written: February 12th, 2015.

I received a free copy from BookLook Bloggers in exchange for an honest review. I wasn't required to write a positive review and the opinions expressed in the above review are my own.