There is almost nothing to be concerned about here, but as we always do with books of this type, we do want to say that how you feel about this title will probably come down to whether you are comfortable with authors weaving in fictional elements or filling in gaps as best they can when sharing the scriptures with kids. We will say that this series is probably the most intentional of not using much gap filling at all, but at the end of the day kids will read about talking animals and such as they observe these events. While we always make it a point to share this, in this case it is very much diminished when wisely at the end young readers will see the following, “In the stories, while the talking animals did not exist, the events depicted are real. To discover the truth behind the tales, read through the bible passages and answer the questions. You’ll be amazed to see how much of each story is taken directly from the Bible”.
We will also mention that early in the book we see the serpent in the garden and this could be a bit frightening for the youngest and most sensitive of readers. This theme runs throughout as the author attempts to be very intentional in seeing evil running throughout the biblical story (a great reminder that evil is always lurking, but God has the final say and the final victory!). For example, a wicked viper strikes a rat and swallows it whole.
There are also parts of the biblical account that are covered that some parents may be waiting on a certain level of maturity to cover that are included here (e.g., God’s call to sacrifice Issac, eventually pointing to Jesus’ substitutionary death, which we must mention is handled and explained beautifully).