Copies arrived in the mail yesterday – the Great Adventure Kids Catholic Bible Chronicles.
Based on the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, it takes most of the narratives highlighted in that program and retells them in a way appropriate for children. That means the structure was established before I entered the chat – the outline was provided for me, and so last summer and early fall I wrote the stories. It’s a very nice book – check out the video!
And here are a few sample pages – more on Ascension’s website.
Update:
Someone on Facebook asked the very good question of – what’s the difference between this book and the Loyola Kids Book of Bible Stories? Do they complement each other?
Yes!
As I wrote above, this new book is based on the “Great Adventure” Biblical timeline, and takes that approach – reading this book from beginning to end will immerse you in a continuous narrative of salvation history. I wrote it very consciously on that score, constantly making connections between stories.
The Loyola Kids Book of Bible Stories was structured and written by me as a way of introducing readers to the Scriptures through the eyes of the Church, if you will – by placing stories by way of when a Catholic would generally hear them in the context of Sunday Mass. It’s through the Mass that most Catholics ordinarily encounter the Bible and occurrence of these stories in the liturgical context isn’t random. It developed over the centuries and I think it’s important, not only that Catholic children know the Bible, but know the Bible as the Church has understood it and incorporated it into liturgical life.
I think both can be used effectively, and in different ways.
Charlotte was Both 