The Church History ABCs: Augustine and 25 Other Heroes of the Faith Hardcover – Illustrated, June 14, 2010

We just bought this book a week ago, and already our family loves it. My oldest is almost 5, our middle is almost 3, and our youngest is over a year. My two oldest enjoy the little stories that accompany each character, and I love that they deftly use humor and a unique illustration style to grab and keep each child's attention. Learning about important church figures while making it fun and accessible to young children has never been better!

A family favorite! I am so thankful for the abundance of quality Reformed children's resources available these days--including Church History ABCs (and its companion, Reformation ABCs). Children (and adults) of all ages can benefit from this book. A baby can flip through the beautifully illustrated pages. For a young toddler, I read just the headings ("A is for Augustine," "B is for Bradstreet," etc) at bedtime, each night adding on another letter/page until we were reciting all people A-Z. Then, we read the short biographical sketches for each church history figure. Illustrations and page layout are phenomenal, engaging for both children and adults. The pictures that correspond with each biography really stick, too. For example, whenever I see a pear, I'm reminded of how pears were part of Augustine's conversion story!

I am a mom of a three year old son. I LOVE this book. It's simple enough that we can read through it now but also complex enough that it will grow with him over the next several years. It's beautiful and I love reading it too!

My son loves reading this book and so do I. I've learned more about figures from Christian history as he has and it presents the information in a fun way with interesting illustrations. Great way to encourage a greater understanding and interest in faith at a young age and to present him with heros to look up to. So glad we bought it and have also given it as a present to others.

Creative way to teach kids. Would've enjoyed seeing some of the Cappadocean fathers or other prominent figures but the alphabet isn't big enough :-p

We love this book. We homeschool and for preschool we had gone through a letter a week for language arts, so we would just read the part from that letter during the corresponding week. Good level for a 4/5 year old to introduce some concepts about the church.

Great for both our kids and us to learn! Short and simple for younger kids

It's a great little overview of some influential people in Christian church history. Good teaching tool for Sunday school, confirmation, in the home.

Another excellent resource for the grandchildren.Well illustrated. My only quibble is the evident American bias. Bradstreet and not Bunyan or Baxter. Absalom Jones is unknown in Uk but Mary Jones is a Welsh heroine.