Gifts - Religious

For the baptism, until they are 18 or 21 and for every birthday and Christmas in-between, we can suggest a range of ideas / gifts for your Godchild.

As a godparent the spiritual growth of your godchild is something to treasure and encourage. Buying them a Bible they will keep for life is a good way of doing this. We have selected a variety from Bibles designed to appeal to toddlers, young children and teenagers - right through to beautiful leather Bibles or versions specifically designed for their Baptism.

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The Children's Bible, which will be treasured and enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. Stunning, full-page illustrations include maps of the ancient lands to bring stories from the Old and New Testaments vividly to life. It also features a comprehensive 'Who's who in the Bible' to help children remember the characters and their stories. This carefully written text is suitable for reading aloud to young children or for older children to read independently.
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The Usborne first Bible' presents a collection of Bible stories to share with young children. It contains well known stories from the Old and New Testament specially written for reading aloud.
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The Illustrated Children's Bible features Bible tales from both the Old and the New Testaments, told in simple language that young readers will easily understand. Featuring full-colour artwork by W.L. Taylor and J. James Tissot, this volume brings the Bible vividly to life with a classic elegance appropriate for its subject. This is one of Barnes & Nobles leatherbound classic editions. Each volume features a distinctive bonded leather binding, gilt edging, colourful endpapers and a satin ribbon bookmark.
From the award-winning Candle Bible for Toddlers range comes this combination of the popular 'My Very First Bible' and 'My Very First Prayers'. With Bible stories and prayers interwoven throughout, this lovely compilation brings the best of these My Very First classics together. Full of the distinctive illustrations that have brought the Candle Bible for Toddlers range to life for thousands of children.
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Clear and readable, with beautiful colour illustrations of favourite Bible stories, the Rainbow Bible is the obvious choice for a child’s first full-text Bible and for use in schools and Sunday schools. This new Edition include new colour plates and revised maps and introductory material. The Good News Bible is the most popular easy-to-read Bible in the UK and the Rainbow Bible is the UK’s bestselling Bible edition. New full-colour paintings of children’s favourite Bible stories combine with the Good News Bible’s ever-popular blend of reliability and accessibility in an easy-to-read, child-friendly, typesetting and with new additional notes and helps.
The Brick Bible series has taken the world by storm, and now, for the first time, Brendan Powell Smith's visually striking The Brick Bible: A New Spin on the Old Testament and The Brick Bible: The New Testament are available in a beautiful hardcover box set. With over two thousand color photographs depicting the major narrative scenes of the Bible, this slipcovered set (including new material and a bonus double-sided, full-color poster) is the ideal gift for a lego mad godchild.
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With over 500 added extras from the team and young people at Soul Survivor and other well-known Christian leaders, the NIV Soul Survivor Youth Bible digs deep into the Word - the key themes that run all the way through, the wisdom, stories and human lives that we can learn from. It also highlights what the Bible says about problems we face today, from tough life and world issues to the questions you really hope your mates don't ask.
The new translation of the Mass together with the current 3-year cycle of readings, for Sundays (and solemnities) Mass readings are from the current Lectionary. Clear layout, easy-to-read fonts - Beautiful sacred art in full colour - Ribbon placeholders (in different colours) - Durable and attractive binding
With an attractive new slipcase and binding, this pocket-sized white Bible is an ideal gift for any special occasion, including confirmation, weddings or first communion. The full text of the ever-popular Authorized King James Version Bible, with all its literary beauty and poetic grandeur, in an attractive small size and with beautiful binding and slipcase making it an ideal gift.
Cambridge has created an entirely new setting of the English Standard Version that will be a delight to read and to handle. The Bible has 15 colour maps and a concordance. There are two ribbons to keep the place in different parts of the Bible. This is a Bible of the very highest quality, printed on India paper with art-gilt edges, Smyth-sewn for flexibility and endurance, and bound in brown calfskin leather.
The NKJV Pitt Minion Reference Edition is compact yet its type is still large enough to read comfortably. It features red-letter text and includes full cross-references, a concordance and colour maps; it is printed on high quality India paper and is Smyth-sewn. This style features art-gilt edges and is bound in top-quality black goatskin leather.
The KJV Concord Reference Edition was originally published in the 1950s and is highly regarded for its accuracy and clarity. The Concord Edition opens with the translators' preface and at the back is the reference material – a glossary, concordance, dictionary of names and phrases, and fifteen colour maps. There is also a presentation page and family record section. The Bible uses black-letter text throughout and is printed on India paper with gilt edges. It is bound with two ribbon markers in attractive calf split leather.

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...presence is better than presents (though the child may not always agree). The more time you give to your godchild, the more popular you'll become. Especially with the parents.
Ian Valentine - Telegraph