Resources for Kids
We’ve rounded up our favorite story Bibles, books, and music for children. We will continue to add to this list as we come across other great resources. We hope you find them helpful as you train up your children to love and serve the Lord!
Children’s Story Bibles
The Child’s Story Bible is thorough and true to Scripture without being too wordy. Although there aren’t many pictures, this read-aloud Bible is great for your elementary-age children and retells every major Biblical event in-depth.
Beginning in Genesis and ending with Revelation, Kevin DeYoung provides engaging retellings of various Bible stories, explaining how they fit into the overarching storyline of Scripture.
Preschool-age children will enjoy The Little Hands Story Bible. Each two-page spread has a full picture and Bible story along with a couple simple discussion questions. We are currently reading this story Bible to the children in our nursery on Sunday mornings.
Children’s Books
Younger children will enjoy this well-illustrated board book that retells the Biblical narrative in one continuous story. It makes connections from Genesis to Revelation and from A to Z.
This book offers a unique perspective on the events of Jesus’ Passion Week and calls all believers, both young and old, to follow in the footsteps of the Suffering Servant for the glory of God.
Sophie, a little girl upset after disobeying her parents, learns the basics of the gospel of grace in this clever book based on based on the first question and answer of the Heidelberg Catechism.
The engaging, rhyming text and bold, delightful illustrations in this book make God’s omnipresence (His all-present nature) understandable, relatable, and applicable for young kids.
This book teaches elementary-age children the basic truths of the Christian faith. They'll learn right along with Caleb and Cassie that God's ways are the best―and that even as kids, they can live for His glory every day.
Young children will enjoy this simple board book that shares about how God created the world while teaching about opposites. Each page features colorful, engaging illustrations and rich theological truths.
The books in the Very Best Bible Stories series are faithful and fun re-tellings of classic Bible stories that introduce pre-school children to truths about God.
This beautifully illustrated rhyming book tells children your greatest aspiration—that they will love and follow Jesus.
In this delightfully illustrated rendition of the well-known classic song, birds soar, bugs burrow, elephants dance, and plants grow as the whole world sings in praise of their Creator, God.
This board book shares how God designed the earth and his people with a special purpose, God's promise of a new creation, and his plan to redeem believers from their sin.
Helen Taylor faithfully adapted John Bunyan’s allegory of the Christian life for young readers—hoping to bring its treasury of wisdom nearer to children’s hearts and minds. It preserves the original plotlines of Bunyan’s classic while telling the story of Little Christian and Christiana in a way that kids can understand.
The Lightkeepers sets introduce readers ages 8–12 to the enjoyment of reading Christian biographies. Each set contains 5 books, each highlighting 10 influential boys/girls who made history, changed the world, used their talents, didn’t give in, and made a difference.
Join Theo and Geneva as Calvin takes them on a life-changing, exuberantly illustrated journey through time and space. Readers of all ages will enjoy the rich doctrine of Calvin’s Institutes in a brand-new, lively, and welcoming format that remains faithful to the original text.
Based on Acts 16, this is a fun and compelling retelling of how a Philippian jailer and his family learned the wonderful truth about Jesus Christ.
This beautiful hardback Bible storybook for 3-6 year olds takes children on a journey from the Garden of Eden to God’s perfect new creation. It is a gospel presentation that focuses on the significance of the temple curtain. God said “because of your sin you can’t come in”, but the moment the curtain tore in two, everything changed.
This beautifully illustrated beginner's theology book helps kids of all ages understand who God is and how we, as his children, relate to him. Arranged within a traditional systematic theological framework, each truth in The Ology is also connected to the larger redemptive story of Scripture.
The Good News for Little Hearts series aims to provide grace-based and biblical counsel to families. Each of the 16 stories focuses on an animal family facing real-life issues that children can identify with. By overcoming each struggle or hardship, the animal characters model hope in Jesus.
This new, illustrated edition of the Westminster Shorter Catechism breathes fresh life into these timeless questions and answers, helping a new generation to learn the primary truths drawn from the Bible and laid out by our fathers in the faith.
Use eight beautifully illustrated passages to rehearse with your little one the covenant promises that God made to his people in the Old and New Testaments.
Children’s Music & Podcasts
Each episode in the Biggest Story podcast walks through a Bible story that will help kids see the biggest story of redemption and ultimately what - better yet, Who! - the Bible is all about: Jesus!
The Getty Kids Hymnal series helps children learn the Christian faith through singing. The arrangements are kid-friendly and features songs the whole family can sing together!
The Sing the Bible series combines practical instruction and bedrock foundational truths. The characters are fun and the melodies are easy to remember. Both younger and older kids will enjoy Slugs & Bugs!
This album is a fantastic resource for teaching the catechism to your children! Diana Beach Batarseh has put all of the children's catechism questions into song form. Each track has one to three questions and includes proof texts read by children at the end.