About the Book
Book: Say & Pray BibleAuthor: Diane Stortz
Genre: Bible stories, board book
Release Date: 2015
Curl up together and experience the Bible in a fresh, new way. Young children will enjoy pointing to and naming objects on each page for early learning. Most important, they’ll discover favorite, age-appropriate Bible stories, with Scripture verses and short prayers that also hide God’s Word in young hearts.
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"Say & Pray Bible" by Diane Stortz is a really cute board book . I love good books for kids.
It is colorful and simple. The prayers are cute and easily memorized. Here, is one of the prayers, it comes after the pictures telling about Jonah, "Thank you, God, for keeping me safe,Amen.
I think this is a great book for little ones to carry to church as a little Bible till they are old enough for a Bible. It also will encourage recognition of familiar objects. And since it is a board book it won't tear as easily and I think it would be easy to clean with baby wipes or a soft cloth.
I received a complimentary copy from the author and Celebrate Lit These opinions are my own
About the Author
Diane Stortz is a multipublished author who writes to make God’s wonders known to the next generation. Her children’s releases include the best-selling Say & Pray Bibleand I AM: 40 Reasons to Trust God, both from Tommy Nelson. Diane’s books for women, A Woman’s Guide to Reading the Bible in a Yearand Encountering God’s Heart for You, both from Bethany House, encourage women to get to know God through His Word, the Bible. Diane and her husband have two married daughters and five grandchildren—all boys! Visit her at www.DianeStortz.com.
More from Diane
Once upon a time there was a little boy who loved his books. Long before he could talk, he loved turning pages, looking at the pictures, hearing his grandpa name the objects in the pictures, and pointing to those objects.And once upon a time there was a grandma looking for a truly age-appropriate Bible storybook for that same little boy. And the best ones she found still contained too many words.
And she wondered . . .
Why not write a Bible storybook that could be designed especially for babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers? With the shortest stories you’ve ever seen, and with labeled objects and people in the illustrations that little ones could point to and name?
That’s how my book Say & Pray Biblebegan.
I wanted a book with age-appropriate, SHORT Bible stories. Babies and toddlers LOVE turning pages. Listening to long stories has to wait until they’re older.
I wanted short Bible verses and prayers to go with the very short stories.
And I wanted the illustrations to have lots of LABELED objects to encourage little ones to point and name.
Some days you might just read the stories. Another day, just the verses. Yet another reading, just the prayers. And some days, you might just talk about the pictures.
Most children begin to say single words with meaning, always nouns, at 12–18 months. This is the stage when children can point to—and eventually name—photos or illustrations of objects in their books.
Around 24 months, children begin to say two-word, noun plus verb sentences, such as “Cat run.” In time, sentences become longer and include adjectives and adverbs, but no function words: “Big cat run fast.” Last to develop is the use of function words (such as the and an) and more complex sound combinations and sentence forms.
Human beings seem to be hardwired to acquire language and learn to speak—evidence that, as the Bible says, we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139). But there’s a lot we can do to help little ones develop language skills and expose them to God’s Word at the same time!
Blog Stops
For Him and My Family, May 23
Texas Book-aholic, May 24
Through the Fire Blogs, May 25 (Author Interview)
deb’s Book Review, May 25
Older & Smarter?, May 26
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, May 27
A Baker’s Perspective, May 28 (Author Interview)
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, May 29
Inklings and notions, May 30
A Reader’s Brain, May 31
Spoken from the Heart, June 1
Simple Harvest Reads, June 2 (Author Interview)
Southern Gal Loves to Read, June 2
Aryn the Libraryan 📚, June 3
Splashes of Joy, June 4
Artistic Nobody, June 5 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Diane is giving away the grand prize package of a signed copy of the book, a signed copy of the companion book (Say & Pray Devotions), and a $10 Amazon gift card!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
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