The Children's Bible

Sherman, Henry A., 1870-Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.6
Word count
731K words
Chapters
74

Tags

English Originals Religion Faith EducationChildren EducationSpiritual ComfortMoral CultivationIllustrated GuidePopular NarrativeReligious EducationParent-Child Reading

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The Children's Bible by Charles Foster Kent and Henry A. ShermanAuthor: Sherman, Henry A., 1870-,Language: English, Class: BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament, Release Date: Nov 21, 2007

Editor's review

This is an English Children's Bible from the free ebook project Project Gutenberg, compiled by Charles Foster Kent and Henry A. Sherman. It organizes and retells the biblical narratives suitable for children, in relatively plain language and with controlled length, making it more suitable as an introductory reader to classic Western narratives. For readers who want to understand the religious and cultural background of the English-speaking world without tackling the entire Bible directly, this book offers a friendlier entry point: the storylines are clear, and characters and events unfold in chronological order, making it suitable for family reading or as English extensive reading material. Note that it is still an English text with a clear religious educational intent, and readers should make choices according to their own standpoint and reading purpose. As a public-domain ebook, it is easy to search and excerpt on electronic devices and suits topical skimming rather than linear reading from start to finish.

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Reading tips

  1. Browse the table of contents first and skim story units that interest you; there is no need to finish it all at once.
  2. For family reading, choose one story at a time and have the child retell the plot in their own words afterward.
  3. When using it for English extensive reading, guess the meaning of new words first and look them up together after finishing a passage.
  4. Use a map or timeline to connect characters and events and help build an overall picture.

About the publisher

Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

Contents

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FAQ

Is this book the original biblical text? No. It is a Bible story reader retold for children, compiled by Kent and Sherman, with simplified and organized language; it is not a verbatim transcription of the original biblical text and cannot replace a formal Bible text for research.
How difficult is the English? Generally plain, with short sentences, suitable for intermediate English readers. However, ancient names, place names, and religious terms will still be unfamiliar; reading with a dictionary or annotations is advised, and there is no need to look up every word.
What age of children is it suitable for? The material does not specify a particular suitable age. Judging by content, it is more suitable for adolescents who already have some English reading ability and can understand narrative structure; for younger children, parents are advised to read aloud or explain, and to judge for themselves whether the content is appropriate.

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About the author

Sherman, Henry A., 1870- Author · 1870

Sherman, Henry A. was born in 1870, a birth year recorded in bibliographic sources; the year of his death is unknown, and his nationality, education, and career are not clearly documented in publicly available material, so verifiable biographical information about him is quite limited. Only one work by him is currently held in the collection, The Children's Bible. Judging from this surviving work, he was engaged in writing Bible stories for young readers, retelling passages from the scriptures in plain and accessible narrative form for children. Such books typically emphasize clear language and coherent storytelling and play a role in children's religious initiation and family reading. Given the scarcity of information about the author, his writing style and historical influence cannot yet be fully assessed, and only a preliminary introduction based on the existing work is possible.