My Epic, Doodletastic Bible Storybook: 60 Bible Stories to Read, Color, and Draw Paperback – February 14, 2023

Purchased as a first communion gift for our Sunday School students. They loved it

My daughter loves working on this book during the sermon. It is easy to read and follow and it gives something for her to do while listening in church.

What could be better than learning about the Bible while drawing, coloring, and doodling? Not much!My Epic Doodletastic Bible Storybook is perfect for the child that needs to be doing while learning. The stories are straight from scripture with easy to understand reading and fun things to color.Some of the ‘commentary’ is excellent as well, allowing for discussion when used as a devotional. All in all, this a great gift!My thanks to Zonderkidz for my advance copy. My review is honest and unsolicited.

My 7 year old loves this book. Such a fun way to engage tiny creatives with the story of the Bible.

Not an in-depth storybook, but a super book for those who casually like to doodle--and I love that it shares the Bible with them while they do so! Gifting to my 8-year-old niece! Thanks for sending an ARC my way for review, Zondervan!

This book shares different Bible stories in chronological order, from Genesis to Revelation. Every page has multiple things to color, and this will be fun for a variety of ages. The publisher is recommending this for kids ages six to twelve, but this is for anybody who likes to color. The pages are reasonably thick, and although markers will bleed through, this is appropriate for colored pencils, crayons, and some pens. The cartoon line drawings from Gareth Williams are cute and engaging, and they highlight key characters, props, and themes from the stories.The stories themselves are somewhat difficult to read because of the font choice, the emphasis on different words, and the many doodles surrounding them, but I read them all regardless. You have to really concentrate to read these, but if someone is just reading one story at a time, it won't be as much of a strain. I wish that the font was more readable because the story adaptations are great. Each story is about four pages long, and Bob Hartman tells them in an engaging, kid-friendly style, highlighting dramatic tension and using simplified language.Hartman sanitizes sexual elements of some stories, like by saying that Potiphar's wife wanted to kiss Joseph and spend time with him, but he did not sanitize physical violence, wartime realities, or details about people being put to death. None of the violence is illustrated, but I was somewhat surprised by some of the details included. I'm not saying that it's wrong, since it's all in the Bible, but if parents intend for their kids to read this book and not just color in it, they should know that this storybook includes details that many other children's books about the Bible would skip over or be less direct with."My Epic, Doodletastic Bible Storybook" will appeal to a wide age range. The illustrations are cute and appealing, and although I wish that the stories were easier to read, the style encourages kids to notice emphasized words and color in parts of the text. Kids will enjoy coloring in the illustrations, and the small vignettes to color can fill short bursts of time without someone feeling overwhelmed about finishing a big or intricate coloring page. This will make a great gift for kids, and can also appeal to many Christian teens and adults who enjoy coloring.

My thoughts: MY EPIC DOODLESTASTIC BIBLE STORY BOOK is a book that appealed to my college student, Not only is it perfect for children's church, Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, homeschool, quiet time, road trios and more, but it has all these way cool doodles for you to color to amuse yourself during quiet time or in church. It is kind of hard to read, the pictures are so distracting that they take your attention from the text, but really, this book is for the artist, not the serious reader. It can be read, it just takes a LOT of focus. Great book for the artist in your life. I was given a copy free and all opinions are my own.