Does anyone have any recommendations for a childrens bible (or bible story book) that my 3 1/2 year old might enjoy. He is always asking for us to read from a bible story book that we have - but it is really much too advanced for him. I want something at a level that he could understand - and something that will encourage discussion and family devotions. I read some good reviews for "The Big Picture Story Bible" by John Helm & Gail Schoonmacker and "The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name" by Sally Lloyd-Jones. Does anybody own either of these - or have another great one to recommend?

my son got this one (http://www.christian-mommies.com/forumsv4/) as a gift, and he loves it. We used to read it to him, and now he reads it himself.

I've never seen the others so I can't compare, but The Early Reader's Bible is nice - it has questions and things to think about, things you can do (application), so I think that it provides tools so they don't just read and forget - they actually have to think about it.

Our kids read these:

The Picture Bible (we had the older version with a red cover):

http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Bible-Iva-Hoth/dp/0781430550

Read Aloud Bible Stories:

http://www.amazon.com/Read-Aloud-Bible-Stories-1/dp/0802471633

Bible Stories for Children:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0025540602/sr=1-3/qid=1195905772/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1195905772&sr=1-3&seller=

We also have several books from the Outstanding Men of the Bible and Outstanding Women of the Bible series. Here is an example:

http://www.biblio.com/books/7179104.html

You could also try Kenneth Taylor's The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes:

http://www.amazon.com/Bible-Pictures-Little-Kenneth-Taylor/dp/0802405959