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Children's religious books
I'm a pagan (not wiccan) and I'm haivng a hard time finding religious books for my two year old. I'm looking for something like an illustrated book of Bible stories for her that simply illustrates the stories and the morals without trying to force Christianity. I'm also looking for a children's book that tells stories from a pagan point of view.
Can anyone recommend some good books like these? Thanks!
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You might want to search the bookstore of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations at [Link](Mouse over link to see full location). Many of their children's resources approach "good living" from perspectives other than Christianity.
In addition, the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) have a list of suggested children's books here:
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Try a Christian chain book store like "Something More" or "Family Christian Bookstores." Their kids book sections are often quite large so you're quite likely to find enough of a variety there that you'll be able to locate something that will focus on the stories themselves over the meaning behind them.
Naturally you'll never be able to seperate the ideas of the religion from its own early writings! But I think you're wise to teach your child the stories and people those writings include so that s/he is at least "in the know" as they grow up about a major part of their culture's history. I mean, I can't even tell you how many college classes I attended- in everything from literature to history to politics to theatre to environmental science to languages- where discussions came to a dead stop so the teacher could tell a 20-something student who Noah was, or about the basic plot line of the story of Adam and Eve.
These characters and stories are so prominent in the history of English, Spanish, French, German, etc. writings that to not at least be aware of the major themes they cover is to intentionally hold yourself back in settings where literary themes are key. The stories are just too universally known to ignore. Not that acceptance of their morality is mandatory- but geez: who wants to be in a college level western literature class at 22 and blurting out that they've never heard of Jesus? That's like walking into a kosher deli and asking who this Hitler fellow is that the History channel keeps going on about...
As for a pagan point of view: the definitions I've heard from pagans I know about how *they* define their beliefs are broad enough that I'm not quite sure how to read the latter part of your question. Do you mean you're looking for earth-based stories? purely science-based stories? If you're looking for the latter, I can't help you. Children's science stories about our world are sort of off my radar. Sorry :/ If you're looking for something based more in the "relationoship with the natural world" definition of paganism, have you tried looking for books of Native American tales and legends? The nice thing about those stories is that they are often featured in story-telling times and special presentations at many local libraries, so you'd have one more way of sharing those stories with her/him.
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Well, if you are looking for just Bible stories, you might want to try Jewish books. They certainly don't force Christianity! :)
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hello. resources for pagan youth. excellent website.keep in mind most childrens books include a moral, if nothing else hit a book store up like barnes an nobles grab a stack of childrens books sit down and read em. they allow this,lol. buy what you like put down what you dont, best of all most childrens books take only a few mins to read.also, just a suggestion, keep in mind, a two year old is not going to understand the full concept of religion yet, so most childrens books, that illistrate right from wrong will do,... for this year. good luck.
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