If you are looking for some excellent books for early readers from a Christian perspective I have a couple to highlight for you.

The first one is I Can Read God’s Word by Phil A. Smouse. This book has sixteen Bible Scriptures from both the Old and New Testaments. For each topic a beginning section has the actual Scripture, along with a quick devotion. There is also a “big word” defined in each topic, and the phonics used in the reading of the story, for example beginning consonants, short vowel sounds, beginning blends and more. Then the Bible passage follows in an easy to read special paraphrase with each of the phonetic tools shown in red print.

I brought this book along when we visited my extended family just before Easter to read with and give to my 6 year old niece. She was particularly engaged with the illustrations and tried hard to sound out the words given the phonetic instructions. She was so excited to have it, and proclaimed that she was going to bring it to church to show her Sunday School teacher.

If you would like to see inside this book head on over to Amazon.com and you can see a few pages inside it.

The other book I’d like to mention is The Wisdom of Solomon Lapp which is written by Wanda E. Brunstetter and illustrated by Phil A. Smouse. The illustrations in this book are charming and like most of Wanda’s stories for children it is full of fun, but also filled with great lessons. The twelve stories in this book begin with a Proverb and then an adventure with Solomon, his sister Sara and their friends, impart the lesson to be learned. Children ages 4 -8 are sure to enjoy it. Take a peek at the following video to see some of the illustrations and content of the book.

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