Childrens Picture Bible: Old and New Testament Stories Retold

For storytelling that is accurate as well as powerful, this is the best children's bible that I've ever seen.

It's not from one of the major 'Christian' publishers, but whoever wrote it has done a very good job. For sheer faithfulness to the biblical text, it is better than any I can remember seeing. And the stories are really well told, with prose that generally grips my 5 and 6 year old. (The fact that they don't understand absolutely every word adds to the experience, if anything, as their questions give rise to some great discussions. And exploring new words is part of what reading is all about, after all!)

It's over 300 pages long, and each story covers a two-page spread, including a picture. There are several great stories which don't often make it into abridgements, such as Esther and Nehemiah