To bring the Bible to life To bring Three Tips to life to life With Children! wenty years ago, Saint Mary's Press discovered a sad reality. Our research indicated that Catholic young people didn’t know how to find things in the Bible, they weren’t familiar with its important people and events, and they did not know how to discover its spiritual truths. Most heart wrenching, because of this lack of basic biblical skills and understandings, they were unable to truly know and love the Word of God. The Bible became a big, intimidating book that sat on the shelf. So in 1999, compelled by our mission to touch the hearts and minds of young people with the Good News, we hatched a two-pronged plan. First, we created The Catholic Youth Bible® to provide unique helps to build biblical ease and knowledge (literacy). We followed that with two other Bibles that were designed for middle school and elementary-aged children. Second, to respond to the need for continuing to build biblical literacy, we created an educational scaffold that ties into all the biblical products we create. We call this scaffold the ABCs of biblical literacy. With Children! With Children! wenty years ago, Saint Mary's Press discovered a sad reality. Our research indicated that Catholic young people didn’t know how to find things in the Bible, they weren’t familiar with its important people and events, and they did not know how to discover its spiritual truths. Most heart wrenching, because of this lack of basic biblical skills and understandings, they were unable to truly know and love the Word of God. The Bible became a big, intimidating book that sat on the shelf. BY BRIAN SINGER-TOWNS 25 Subscribe today! smp.org/inspire