When I saw the Family Illustrated Bible, I was excited to review it. The Family Illustrated Bible is written by Sally Tagholm and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. The book is hardcover and is 8.5×11 inches in size. The illustrations in the book are beautiful, being in detail and in very bright and vibrant colors. It is written in a storybook formation with the stories written in 1-3 pages.
You will find that the major stories of the bible are in here, like Adam and Eve, Moses, Noah and birth of Jesus. You will also find stories from the bible that you normally wouldn’t see in a child’s bible story book, like Sodom and Gomorrah and Rahab and the spies.
The overall appearance and stories found in the bible are very nice. However, I did find a few things that concerned me. First off, they include The Gospel of Thomas in the New Testament section. This book is not included in the Bible. Some statements in a few of those stories also showed that God was worried. Which is definitely not true. Some of the stories just had inaccurate information, like when they Red Sea was parted. It says the ground was muddy and the Bible clearly states that they walked on dry ground.
Overall, it is a nice book, but I don’t think I would recommend it to families. To me, there is more wrong with the book than there is right.
Disclaimer: I received this book for free from New Leaf Publishing Group. No other compensation was received. The fact that I received this book does not guarantee a favorable review.