We enjoyed reading the Easter story with Isaiah this year. It is the first time he has really been able to talk about it and think about the story. It was kind of exciting. We do not skip over the death part--we think it's important to go ahead and talk about it even if he can't understand everything. When we get to that part, we talk about how it is very sad that Jesus had to die. Isaiah has been able to talk about it and connect with it because he understands what sadness is.
He has been talking about Bible stories a lot lately. He's even been "reading" them to Ezra. It's pretty cute.
My mom got Isaiah The Jesus Storybook Bible for Easter. I have to say that it is amazing. It includes retellings of many of the important stories in the Bible and connects them all to Jesus. We believe that every story in the Bible is part of God's big story of redemption, so we love how the author connects everything. It is still a little old for Isaiah--the stories are too long--but we look at the pictures together and talk about the stories anyway. It has beautiful illustrations. We are actually thinking of getting prints of a few of the pictures in the book and hanging them in Isaiah's room. We highly recommend this book for families, and if you're not a parent you might like to read it anyway.
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Let me introduce you to my friend, Becky - she wrote of this books today as well. [http://kicklighters.blogspot.com/2009/04/probably-my-longest-post.html]
I am seriously considering buying this book for myself - just myself...single, without children and weary.
Thanks so much,
~Mad(elyn) in Alabama
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