The Big Picture Interactive Bible Storybook, Hardcover: Connecting Christ Throughout God’s Story (The Big Picture Interactive / The Gospel Project)

I own two copies of this Bible Storybook. We use one in our Sunday School class, with 4, 5 and 6 year olds. The other copy we have at home, for my own children to look at. (Ages 2, 6 and 8.)Our Sunday School class is following The Gospel Project curriculum from Lifeway. This Bible follows along exactly with that, including the Big Picture Questions and the Christ Connections for each week. Though I did notice that some of the Big Picture questions or answers are slightly different from the leader guide, for example on The 10 Commandments lesson.This is a storybook, so it has summaries of each Biblical story, rather than the actual text of the Bible. It does have Old Testament and New Testament title pages. And it does tell you where to look for each story in your actual Bible. It does not have a list of the books of the Bible or divisions for each book. Instead it has 12 icons that match up with The Gospel Project curriculum. It does cover more Bible stories than other children's Bible that we have owned. I do like this.I plan to buy The Big Picture Interactive Bible for Kids, Hardcover: Connecting Christ Throughout God's Story (The Gospel Project) for my 8 year old when it is available.The illustrations are somewhat Disney-esque. They do include some nice details though and they match the ones that we use in Sunday School, so that is nice to have a connection between class time and home study.The point of the "Big Picture" and The Gospel Project is to connect every story with Christ. So each story does have a Christ Connection. These need to be reworded or explained when you are talking to preschool and Kindergarten kids. I do wish they would have simplified some of them, to make it easier for younger children to understand.To be honest, we don't really use the interactive part of the Bible with the phone app. We don't own a smart phone. My Kindle Fire does have a QR code reader and I can use that to access videos for some of the more well known stories, like Creation, Noah, Samson, David & Goliath. It takes you to a website that has a small youtube style video.I do recommend this Bible Storybook to the parents of the children in my Sunday School class. I would also recommend it to families who aren't following The Gospel Project in Sunday School and just want an in-depth childrens picture Bible. My 2 year old loves flicking through the Bible to find the picture of baby Jesus.

Loved learning about the Bible.One original opinion, I had about the book was that it would be a quick read. Turns out it took me a while to read it, but I enjoyed the short chapters. Makes me feel more confident about trying to read another long book.Readers really into religious studies or ethics may really like this work.Definitely deserves five stars because of:1. Great pictures2. Easy to read chapters3. Amazing topic4. Deep ideas5. Clearly stated morals.

This is a great Bible to bridge between toddler story bibles and the real Bible. Text is great for the 5-8 crew and always points to Jesus.When we first ordered, the interactive element worked but the app is no longer supported and you cannot find anymore, which does take away a fun element my kids really used to enjoy.Nevertheless, we continue to use and appreciate it!

I LOVE this Bible! I read it to my 3, 4, and 6 year old daily. Each section has a large colorful picture on one page and the Bible story on the other. What I love about this book is that it is real Bible stories told in an age appropriate way. I feel like a lot of other children's "Bibles" try to be cute or lack substance. This is the truth of Scripture written in a compelling way. It ends every story by tying its meaning to Christ, and then asks a question for the kids to think about. I highly recommend!

I bought this Bible to replace the Jesus Storybook Bible and I am so glad that I did. It has so many more stories from the Bible and the text is a lot more accurate but still suitable for small children. Each story has a Christ connection, so every story points to Christ. There are also interactive pieces and several well done video to accompany many of the stories. The only con I would mention is that there is a great lack of diversity among the pictures. The nations are not represented in this Bible.

This is a wonderful Bible story book. The stories are clearly written and easy to understand. The pictures are colorful and interesting. Each story has a short explanation of how it relates to the overall redemption of Christians by Jesus. Every few stories there is a code to easily tap on my Kindle Fire, or use a tablet or smartphone to read. The video stories are very well done and in different art styles. My five year old boy loves this book and always looks forward to the stories. I highly recommend this Bible storybook.

I love that the Big Picture book has all the Bible stories. They aren’t too difficult for my 5 year old to understand. The only thing I didn’t care for was the quality of the interactive part. I expected more animation. In general though, I think it’s a great book.Proverbs 22:6Start your children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

This is a great book for kids. It was hard to find a Bible that works well for kids who are too old for the "my first bible" but are not ready yet for straight scripture reading. I have used this for my own kids as well as others all ranging from 4-8. Great purchase, you won't regret it.

I love love love this book! I have read it every morning and it helps me have a good discussion with the Lord. Although it is for kids, I felt that this is simple and easy for me to understand

Very good book happy with purchase

I love the illustrations, it makes Bible stories more interesting and kid friendly, you'll want to read the Bible more often! :)

The animation is not as animated as we expected.

This is a great, scripturally sound children's Bible, but - watching an explanatory video - the interactive app thing only seems to work with the paper Bible plus app and phone/tablet. I thought I would get access to the videos they talk about from the ebook, but don't seem to be able to. It's a very plain version on kindle. So only 3 stars for not managing expectations.***Just tried to download the app with a Samsung Galaxy tab 2 - fairly new technology - and told that the device is not compatible with the app. Disappointing.