It's Me, Leslie

Among the spate of new children's Bibles are two that cater to beginning readers. First in a line of Growing Reader products, The Growing Reader Phonics Bible by Joy McKenzie, illus. by Jill Newton, retells 61 biblical stories in easy-to-read language. In each story a different phoneme is highlighted in red, starting with ""a"" and finishing with ""ending blends."" The look, however, is anything but institutional: Newton's warm, ever-so-slightly whimsical paintings, many of them full-bleed, give this volume polish and style.