Children’s books that help build a Christian Foundation
I love trusting that God will connect me to like minded women who will find this page so helpful.
As a woman who loves Jesus and a mom of 3 girls, it is my prayer that my girls will have a heart for Jesus at a young age. When my oldest was a year or two, I decided to only buy Jesus centered books moving forward. These girls already LOVE Jesus and I am so thankful for all the books we brought into our home.
This got harder as my oldest is now 12 and reading at a 12th grade level. We transitioned to a Kindle and using Libby, but it is harder to find Christian (even Christian-ish) books more and more as she consumes books. I think laying the foundation is the most important! So start as early as you can!
As an 11 year old, Jillian loved books so much that she wrote her own book about our dog! Check out her book: Milk Da Wilk! It’s not a Christian book by any means, but it’s a cute, clean, fun children’s book.
I’ve compiled a list of books below that have been a blessing to our family! So often I am asked by friends which book i’d recommend. I have so many we love in our home! Any of these could make great baby shower or early birthday gifts too.
Just Great Books Every Toddler Should Have
- First Bible Basics: A Counting Primer
- 9 Fruits Alive
- My Great Big God
- Lift the Flap Bible
- Baby’s Hug a Bible
- God Made You Nose to Toes
Storybook Bibles
- Jesus Calling Bible Storybook
- I AM: 40 Reasons to Trust God
- It’s all about Jesus Storybook Bible
- I will follow Jesus Storybook Bible
- The Big Book of Bible Stories for Toddlers
- It’s All About Jesus Bible Storybook
- A Child’s First Bible
Picture Books for Everyone Young
- The Garden Curtain and the Cross (And any book of theirs in the “Tales that tell the Truth” Series)
- The Big Picture Interactive Bible Stories for Toddlers Old Testament
- The Big Picture Interactive Bible Stories for Toddlers New Testament
- It Will be Okay: Trusting God Through Fear and Change
- What Should Darla Do? / What Should Danny Do?
- Seek and Find Bible Stories Series
- Big Theology for Little Hearts Series
Bibles for Growing Kids
- I Can Read My Illustrated Bible: for Beginning Readers, Level 1
- One Big Story Bible Storybook, Hardcover: Connecting Christ Throughout God’s Story
- My First Hands On Bible
- The Action Bible: God’s Redemptive Story
- The Action Bible – Study Bible
- The Illustrated Holy Bible for Kids
- Kids’ Visual Study Bible
- Tyndale NLT Inspire Bible for Girls
Books for Early Readers
- Dead Sea Squirrels Series‘
- Secret of the Hidden Scrolls
- Bible Infographics for Kids
- How Great Is Our God: 100 Indescribable Devotions About God and Science
- The Ology: Ancient Truths, Ever New
- Case for Christ for Kids
- “C” is for Christian
- Halley’s Bible Handbook for Kids
Chapter Books for Strong Readers
- The Shadow and The Promise (Redemption Tales Series)
- The 7 Deadly Dragons Book Series
- Prince Warriors Set
- Wingfeather Saga
- And They Found Dragons Series (& others by Ted Decker)
- Dragon Seed
Books We’ve Let our Kids Enjoy that Seemed Pretty Clean
I will circle back to this list and add more, especially for the early reader age. I hope this list is helpful. Let me know what you think of any of the ones you get! Feel free to share this page with others too!
*This page does include affiliate links. If you buy from Amazon after clicking a link, they are awesome and throw a small tiny percentage of the sale our way. It doesn’t change the cost for you, but gives us a kick back for referring you. This money gets thrown into our family budget, and probably goes to buying these kiddos something like shoes.