Christian Book Notes

Carney, Larry.  Read-Along Storybook — Sing-Along Songs.  Oxford: PC Treasures, Inc, 2010. Purchase the set of 4 for $13.58.

Introduction

PC Treasures, Inc. is a corporation specializing in digital entertainment.  They have numerous video games, DVDs and Read-Along storybooks for children.  Since they specialize in digital media, the book section is barely the tip of the iceberg.  Check out their website for much more computer software and digital media that you did not know you needed!

Summaries

The four Read-Along books I am concerned with today are In the Beginning, The Story of Adam and Eve, The Birth of Jesus, and The Miracles of Jesus. Each book is 24 pages in length and comes with a CD.  The CD includes the audio rendering of the rythmic stories as well as 10 children’s songs for your kids to sing along with.

The books are colorfully illustrated and make it easy for the kids to be captivated by the story.  The stories themselves are biblically faithful and offer a great introduction to necessary truths foundational to biblical Christianity.

Review

As I stated above, the stories are biblically accurate which is, thankfully, becoming more and more common in children’s Bible-based books these days.  The audio CDs provide hours of entertainment for you and your kids.  You will even find yourself singing along and dancing right alongside them!

The only problem I hae with the books is the illustrations.  As far as artistic license is concerned, the artist, Enrique Vignolo, did an excellent job.  They are very child friendly and appealing to the younger eyes.  What I do not like (OK, can’t stand) is that everyone in the book is white.  It is as though you have an Irish-American with other than red hair.  The beards and mustaches look like they come straight out of the seventies.  I realize this is not that great an issue for many, but it does set up for our children an Americanized understanding of Scripture (opposed to understanding the historical contexts in which the Bible was written) which is usually to our detriment.

Recommendation

For Read-Along books and children’s books, I found this one to be fairly enjoyable as a both a dad and a pastor.  My children enjoyed the songs and the colorful pictures though I did explain to them that Christ did not look like us because He was from the Middle East.  These are worth picking up if you are looking for some children’s books based on Scripture.