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The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden Hardcover – Illustrated, August 31, 2015

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"Magnificent and memorable.” ―Randy Alcorn, author, Heaven

Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman. They were the happiest people on the planet.

True, they were the only people on the planet, but they were still terrifically happy.

Unfortunately, things didn’t stay happy and wonderful for long . . .

The Bible is full of exciting stories that fill children with awe and wonder. But kids need to know how all those classic stories connect to Scripture’s overarching message about God’s glorious plan to redeem his rebellious people.

In The Biggest Story, Kevin DeYoung―a best-selling author and father of nine―leads kids and parents alike on an exciting journey through the Bible, connecting the dots from the garden of Eden to Christ's death on the cross to the new heaven and new earth.

With powerful illustrations by award-winning artist Don Clark, this imaginative retelling of the Bible’s core message―how the Snake Crusher brings us back to the garden―will draw children into the biblical story, teaching them that God's promises are even bigger and better than we think. Ages 5-8 (read to me)Ages 8-11 (read to myself)
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“Kevin DeYoung has written a delightful book that both young and old will enjoy. The Biggest Story is a small treatment of a huge theme―God’s drama of redemption, centered on Jesus Christ. Kevin’s words are fresh, engaging, playful, and biblical. Many Bible storybooks offer pearls without a string. This one puts the pearls on a string―the right one. The result is magnificent and memorable.”
Randy Alcorn, author, Heaven; If God Is Good; and The Treasure Principle

“Rarely has one heard The Greatest Story ever told like this―with such winsome grace and compelling truth. Once we began, we couldn't stop reading the The Biggest Story aloud to our family, all in one sitting. Laughed, stilled, and wept by the last line―the moving glory of His amazing grace.”
Ann Voskamp,New York Times best-selling author, The Broken Way and One Thousand Gifts

“So often, our kids hear individual stories from the Bible without fully understanding how these accounts are tied to the ‘biggest story’ of Christ’s ultimate victory over sin. Kevin DeYoung has linked together the Bible stories that are familiar to children into one, enthralling volume. From the first page to the last, kids will come to understand why Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension are truly at the center of all of history.”
Jim Daly, President, Focus on the Family

“Have you ever wanted to hug a book? This is how I felt after reading The Biggest Story. It awakened childlike wonder in this grandmother’s heart. The charming words and illustrations creatively tell the biggest and best story―the drama of redemption in Christ.”
Susan Hunt, Former Director of Women's Ministries, PCA; coauthor, Women's Ministry in the Local Church

“In The Biggest Story, Kevin DeYoung masterfully tells the story of man’s inability to be good enough and God’s enduring faithfulness to his promise to bring us back to paradise. This is the big picture, not the typical moralistic way of telling the Bible’s story. This book is engaging and wonderfully illustrated; your kids will want sit on your lap and have you read it again and again.”
Tedd Tripp, pastor; international conference speaker; author, Shepherding a Child's Heart

“Besides the Bible, this is exactly the kind of book that I love to give as a gift. All day long, from infancy to adulthood, we are all invited to participate in different stories―wear this product, use this technology, vote this way, go to this school, follow this leader. What could be more important than teaching our children the Big Story? Kevin's retelling of the Serpent-Crusher's conquest will be beloved by parents and children alike.”
Gloria Furman, author, Labor with Hope and Missional Motherhood

The Biggest Story is a family worship favorite around our household. The kids love hearing the story of Scripture read as one continuous adventure. From toddlers to adults, this book teaches important truths about God, his Word, and the history of his work in the world.”
David and Heather Platt, President, International Mission Board; author, Radical; and his wife, Heather Platt

About the Author

Kevin DeYoung (PhD, University of Leicester) is the senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina, and associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte. He has written books for children, adults, and academics, including Just Do SomethingImpossible Christianity; and The Biggest Story Bible Storybook. Kevin’s work can be found on clearlyreformed.org. Kevin and his wife, Trisha, have nine children.



Don Clark is an artist and cofounder of Invisible Creature, a widely respected and award-winning design studio based in Seattle, Washington. He has worked with clients such as Target, Pixar, NASA, The New York Times, LEGO, and Apple. Don and his wife, Erika, have three children and live on a small farm just outside Seattle.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1433542447
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crossway; Illustrated edition (August 31, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 132 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781433542442
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433542442
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 8 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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I would definitely recommend this book to my friends. The Kevin describes the stories is a easy way and it looks like he is always asking something for the kids or even remember them about some part of story. Is great even for us, sometimes we forget simple things God has promised to us and while reading this book for my kid, it’s a way to remembered me about it. Anyway, is a nice book, and so colorful that might wake up your kids imagination.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2023
I believe the author who is a pastor has written a very helpful book for young readers. He and his wife have 9 children so how does he have any time to write books? I don't know but the words and the illustrations in this beautiful book are great. The message of the whole Bible also comes through. Indeed, the message of God's redemption is clearly proclaimed throughout the book. Thanks much!
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2023
This book is incredible! A must have on every child’s bookshelf. Honestly, even adults will love this! It beautifully weaves in the gospel throughout the entire book. Plus, the illustrations are amazing. They also have a children’s Bible, which is just as beautiful.
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2023
I can't begin to tell you the number of times we have read this cover to cover, my kids love it that much! And we keep buying them to give as gifts. The fill Storybook Bible by the same author and illustrator duo is just as excellent!

This paints a God-centric "big picture" for kids to understand Jesus from Genesis to Revelation. Unlike many storybook "bibles" for kids, this one isn't focused on the child, but rather God and Jesus throughout Scripture and what that means for them. It's possibly a small difference when you think about kids getting to know Jesus, but I personally love knowing we are sowing sound theology from the very beginning.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2023
Gosh, I loved reading this to my kids. The illustrations are beautiful but the meaning is more and deep. It’s a wonderful book to introduce the Bible or Jesus.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2016
I tend to be picky about Bible books for my kids. THIS book however quickly became my absolute favorite, and I will be buying more to buy as gifts.

What I LOVE:
1) The essence of the Bible is told from a big-picture point of view. So often we focus on each kids Bible story but we forget (in truth, I think a lot of people don't actually know) to teach how those stories are all part of the whole Bible - The Greatest Love Story Ever! This book does so quite effectively.

2) The writing has character - it is fun, creative, enjoyable - for myself and my kids, and was NOT overly poetic.

3) The writing is accurate. I am in agreement with the points the author made and how he made them.

4) The artwork is absolutely spectacular!! Gorgeous!! Simply beautiful! My words do not do it justice.

5) My boys (8 and 6) were upset when I only read a few chapters at a time. They begged me to keep going.

What I would like to see NEXT:
This book is a beautiful presentation of the overall story of the Bible, but it is not very long. I would definitely be interested in more from him, perhaps more in depth, building on this one?

Highly recommend!!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
This is a children's book for grown-ups. It is a synopsis, or Cliffs Notes, of the whole bible.

"No child cold possibly grasp the true depth here", was my initial thought upon reading it. Then I remembered the words of Ralph Venning, a Puritan from the 1600's, who wrote about scripture, "It is deep enough for an elephant to swim in, yet shallow enough for a lamb to wade in."

Yes! Children can and will wade happily in this book! They will be captured by the illustration, and enjoy reading again the stories they already know. Also, they will come away from it understanding that the bible is one Big Story - not just a collection of little ones.
And adults? Reminded here of the amazing power and "God-ness" of God, they may well swim in the biblical sea of sheer grace.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes

"God kept his promises. He blessed the whole lot of them despite themselves."
"God rounded up Moses to deliver his people - but in reality, God did all the work."
"People just couldn't get things right. Thankfully, God was still not done saving his people."
"It was God's way of saying, "I'll take care of the rescuing. Just trust me."
"This time God was going to do everything himself, to make sure Abraham got his blessing."
"Our story is the story of God doing what we can't, in order to make up for us doing what we shouldn't."
"God kicks his own people out of Paradise and then does whatever it takes to bring them back again."
"The Snake Crusher is coming back again to wipe away all the bad guys and wipe away every tear.

Truly this is the Best Story ever!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2024
This is a great intro storybook to teach kids a major theme of redemptive history in the Bible- Jesus Christ is the snake-crushing King of all! Well written, biblically faithful, and your kids will love it. Also currently helpful for evangelizing some children down the street with story time :) highly recommend for kids probably 10 and under. Our daughter loved this story and tracked with it at 2, and older kids we’ve read it with enjoy it as well. Probably best for 3-5 though.
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2023
I bought this for my nephew's baptism. I am already a fan of Kevin DeYoung's other books and love how he keeps the stories Biblical and pointing back to Christ. I think the illustrations are really lovely as well. There are some negative reviews about some of the stories but if you've studied the Bible, you know that it's important not to shy away from the truth.
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keyte
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Spain on October 22, 2023
Amei ,super indico !
Josue
5.0 out of 5 stars Bello libro
Reviewed in Mexico on April 27, 2019
La calidad del libro es demasiado buena en cuanto a impresión. La ilustración es bellísima y la narrativa está muy chida para los niños.
Ch'ti Québécossais
5.0 out of 5 stars Une merveille !
Reviewed in France on September 16, 2020
Mais quel magnifique livre ! Et quelle façon de relier tous les points pour dessiner l'Évangile ! Ce livre ne prend pas les enfants pour des abrutis, et ça fait du bien.
Les illustrations de Dan Clark sont juste à tomber.
D Glover
5.0 out of 5 stars Biblical theme of fall and redemption beautifully traced for children
Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2015
This book is really for the whole family. Kevin DeYoung has written a very engaging and valuable thematic study of the Bible's arc of creation, fall, redemption, consummation, and Don Clarke has done a marvelous job of illustrating this story both symbolically and very beautifully. With a preacher's ear to summarizing huge ideas in succinct, graspable and memorable one-liners, DeYoung makes this a joy to read aloud to children, and parents will find themselves reading familiar biblical truths in fresh, crisp, clear, and sometimes poetic ways. The interspersion of humour is also nice, and rare in "serious" children's Bible story books.

Some reviewers have noted that this reads less like the story of God's redemption and more like a commentary on that story. I would say that is a fair comment, although the story is here in a high-level view. None of the biblical episodes recounted in this book contain much of the gritty detail that the biblical accounts do, or even as much detail as most children's Bible stories do. And, as with nearly all children's Bible stories, there are many "chapters" of the story not mentioned here, which is likely just a function of overall length limitations from the publishers as well as DeYoung's wish not to just replicate in different format other recent works of this genre. Therefore, for a family to get the most benefit from this book, try reading through the Jesus Storybook Bible (by Sally Lloyd-Jones) and/or the Big Picture Story Bible (by David R. Helm) with your children first, and then reading this next. DeYoung traces the theme of human sinfulness and God working out his great promises of redemption ultimately coming to fulfillment and completion in Jesus Christ. But to maximize the benefit from and appreciation of this book, it is best to have more detailed versions of the story firmly in mind first.

All that said, for what it is - a tracing of the theme of human sinfulness and God's great promised salvation through Christ - and done in a way that is not only accessible to children but beautifully executed in both word and image, this is a great additional book to work through as a family, along with fuller versions of the story of redemption.

The final word I leave to my four children (ranging in age from 4.5 to 11 at the time of our initial two readings): all of them love it. On the title page of each chapter, there are several symbolic pictures which foreshadow what the chapter is about and they love pointing out the meaning of each one. Also, the kids pointed out that Jesus's face is never shown and his redemptive work is represented without ever showing a visual image of his person - they liked that. And my wife and I were a bit surprised that it was repeatedly our 4.5 year old who wanted to keep reading the next chapter (well, they all did but she was most insistent). We thought at first that the symbolic nature of some of the art along with the lack of granular story-episode detail would make it appeal more to our older children (who also really like it), but it has no less appeal for our youngest. I highly recommend this as a valuable addition to any family's library or as an additional resource for family worship time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Children's Bible so far...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2015
Best written children's Bible yet...the author's biblical accuracy, warmth, and turn of phrase are absolutely delightful. The illustrations are good too, and my four year old son loves it - whenever we finish it, we just start again.

The only thing I wish, was that it was twice as long! But for that we have The Big Picture Story Bible which is almost as brilliant. Keep writing children's books Kevin DeYoung, your gift from God is precious!
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