Book Club: Review of the NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Girls

I received a copy of the NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Girls from Zondervan (HarperCollins Christian Publishing) for this review. This post is sponsored by Zondervan.

The NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Girls is truly a beautiful book! It comes with a slipcover to protect the leathersoft book cover that is pink with silver polka dots. In the front of the book is a place to inscribe who you are presenting the Bible to and there is a space for the date or occasion of the gift. What a wonderful gift this would make for a young lady!

Inside the 1,456 pages are 500 verses intended to be colored. The verses chosen are ones you may wish to memorize or they may draw your attention to a part of the Bible that is unfamiliar to you. These have been drawn by ten artists (you can find their names and the pages where their work appears at the NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Girls). During the review period, I picked two different books of the Bible to color: Nehemiah of the Old Testament and the Gospel of John of the New Testament.

No matter what part of the Bible you are reading, this book lays flat on your desk or on your lap. I love not having to make sure to place something over to keep it open. So whether I am reading about Joseph being sold by his brothers or reading one of the letters of John, I do not worry about the Bible closing before I choose to close it.

I love how this Bible lays flat while you are reading it or coloring the verses. 

In addition to the verses to color, there are also lines in the margins on which readers of the Bible can make notes or add their own illustrations or drawings. I love that there is space for me to try my own hand at Bible Journaling.

My husband purchased me the NKJV Beautiful Word Bible in 2016 for Christmas. My edition is not a coloring Bible so I was very pleased to see how the NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Girls was different. The quality of the book is the same: excellent. There are some differences in illustrations due to them being different translations but I could see each edition being a valuable resource to read the word of God. Zondervan produces beautiful books!

The NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Girls is recommended for girls 8 and up. I would say anyone that enjoys coloring and wants to move closer to God could thoroughly enjoy this edition from Zondervan. Our own daughter, who is only four, thinks it is a beautiful Bible. We will probably gift her with one of her own in a few years.

I really think this would make a lovely Christmas gift for a young lady in your life. With the easy-to-read black letter 8-point text, it is perfect for young girls who are just starting to read the Bible on their own. And the lovely ribbon will help them mark their place in the Bible for when they need to take a break from reading or coloring.

Read my review of 365 Devotions for Young Women from Zondervan

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If you are interested in trying your hand at coloring a few of the pages from the NIV Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Girls, you can check out the free downloads here.

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T is for Time (Blogging through the Alphabet)

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Some of my favorite stories, television shows, and movies over the years have involved the idea of time travel. While so many of the elements of time travel are perplexing and could even cause paradoxes that might destroy the planet, it doesn’t make the idea any less appealing.

I fondly remember sitting down each week with my mom to watch Quantum Leap with Scott Bakula. It brought together two great elements for me – history and time travel. Some of my favorite episodes included those where Sam (Bakula) leaped into individuals where he could display his singing talents like “Memphis Melody” where Sam leaped into Elvis, “Glitter Rock” where he was a member of a rock band that wore makeup similar to KISS, and “Catch a Falling Star” in which he portrayed an actor performing in “Man of La Mancha.” I enjoyed this part of the show so much I even bought the CD.

Some of the time traveling movies I like include the Back to the Future series and The Time Machine with Rod Taylor based on the H.G. Wells’ book of the same title. Both offer different ideas in relation to time travel while Doc Brown’s DeLorean primarily travels to the past with a short trip to the future, the narrator of The Time Machine goes millions of years into the future to see what has become of the earth. (Oddly enough the trip Doc Brown took to the future in the second movie would have already taken place in our real time line. Sadly, we have no flying cars but we do have approximations of hover boards and self-lacing sneakers.)

“Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Ah…Are you telling me that you built a time machine…out of a DeLorean?” – Marty McFly

And with the revival of Doctor Who with the Christopher Eccleston in 2005, I found another time traveling series to enjoy. (Although I have to admit, I stopped watching with the introduction of Matt Smith as the Doctor.) I collected the books, DVDs, and some of the figures for several years. I also read several of the comics from the series. I really liked the idea of a hero, even if he was not human, who helped protect others.

What about you? Do you enjoy time traveling series? Do you think you might want to travel through time? Wouldn’t it be great to travel back in time to right a wrong like Sam in Quantum Leap? Maybe we could prevent a war or an assassination. Or even just provide encouragement at the right time to a loved one to help them make a better decision. 

Or…

Just maybe everything has worked out according to a plan. Maybe traveling through time should be left to the world of fiction. After all, how many times in time traveling movies and television series do we see characters making as many mistakes as those they are attempting to correct?

Would you travel with Doc Brown or the Doctor? Sometimes the answer seems really clear for me but then there are days when, even with things going wrong, life is perfect.

Note: As part of my reading challenge for 2018, I read Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas. I enjoyed the majority of the tales in the book but I think I would have been able to appreciate all 12 stories if I was more familiar with all the Doctors from the series. I think my favorites were “Sontar’s Little Helpers,” “The Red Bicycle,” and “Loose Wire.”

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