The Trinity is a really difficult concept to explain well. There was a level of mismatch between the written content and illustrations that makes it difficult to pinpoint a target age group.

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An easy to understand picture book to help children learn about the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Even a great reminder for us adults. (I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher for my honest review.)

I like what I can read, but with only the Kindle version currently available to me, I cannot comment on the artwork. It would appear from the text that the book would be more suitable as a coffee table book than a children's board book. I would have preferred.to have the complete book for a more complete and accurate review - alas I waited too long.

Thank you for offering me the opportunity to review the book.

Unfortunately this book did not make sense to me. I'm not sure what children would gain from it. I enjoyed the illustrations though.

I wasn't sure how this author was going to try to explain the trinity to kids, especially since it's a hard concept to teach adults. With the use of graphics, the author does a pretty decent job based on the Nicene Creed.

This is a great theology primer on the trinity for little ones, and a great explainer and reminder for any believer.

I saw this title and immediately thought how great it would be to help explain religion to small children. Sadly this book has illustrations meant for young children but the written portion is for much older. I think this would just end up boring
kids or worse, confusing them more.

The trinity is a difficult concept for adults to understand, let alone children. This is a brave attempt to explain their relationship.

The simple drawings work on some of the pages. I’m not exactly sure who the intended audience is, but I suspect that some of the symbols chosen won’t mean to the child what the author intended, e.g. why does a hand held up in a ‘stop’ position represent God the Father? Also, a dove is used to represent the Holy Spirit but there is no explanation as to why.

Some of the pages are the sort of illustration which could be used in a Sunday School class to help explain the Trinity but I’m not sure why you would buy the book just for one or two images.

I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I liked the idea behind this book but it is far too complex in my view for the age range given.

My daughter is four in July – I had to read parts of this twice myself and it is certainly not one I am going to be ready with her as she wouldn’t understand it.

Nice idea but needs to be really simplified if you are looking at that age range

It is 1 star sadly from me for this one.

2.5 stars

The Trinity attempts to present this complex theological concept in a way that is relatable to young children. Unfortunately, this book didn’t quite simplify the concept enough to make it easily understandable by kids. If I wasn’t already well familiar with the concept of the Trinity, I probably would have been a bit confused by the way this book presented the topic, so I can only imagine how confused children would be. This book also could have easily been adjusted to be a bit more kid-friendly by switching out some more complex words such as “glorifies” and “accomplishes”—or in the case of “glorifies,” at least explain what the term means. That being said, it’s an extremely complex concept to tackle, so I applaud the author’s attempt to distill it down.

Like Imago Dei, the other entry in this series of board books introducing young readers to concepts of Christianity, the illustrations were fun and colorful, but just a bit too abstract and interpretive to be fully relatable and help explain the concepts to young children. However, since the accompanying words in this book didn’t explain the concept quite as well as Imago Dei did, it was more of an issue here.

Overall, I loved the concept, but unfortunately this book wasn’t quite successful in its mission.

Thank you to Net Galley and Harvest House for the complimentary eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is the second book in the series written by Ryan McKenzie which aims to introduce young children to different concepts of Christianity to start their lives as good Christians. This book was about the very complex Trinty which I am sure still confuses some adults and children of all ages. This is the idea that there is one god but this one God consists of the father, the son and the holy ghost but they are all one and not separate.

I do not think this book was as good as the Imago Dei book when thinking about the audience because this book, although the writer has tried to simplify it, is still very complicated even for me. Some may say there is contradictory language in it and would be very confusing for children. It may have been better to therefore cover a different part of Christianity instead.

I did like this book as it did try and simplify this very difficult concept and the images did somewhat help the reader understand this difficult concept. By learning this concept at a young age, it is likely that the children will understand this concept much better when they are older but it is still quite a complicated subject.

What I disliked about this book was that it was still very complicated for the reader and some parts of it did not make entire sense to me. Also, the book involved having to stop and study the page and text for a bit, which is not a bad thing, in order to try and understand the concept. If you are a parent wanting to read this book to your child I would suggest you read it yourself to start with and then make sure you have plenty of time to explain the concept further and answer any questions your children may have.

Altogether, I rate this book 2 stars making it an alright book because although I did enjoy it, I found it quite complicated at times and so I feel if I sometimes found it complicated the children it is written for may also find it quite complicated. That is why I believe parents should be prepared to further expand on the ideas presented in this book.

This is a great book to help explain the mystery of the Trinity to young children! It's such an abstract concept that even grownups could be baffled with, but this book illustrates it in a way that's appropriate for the little ones.

What a challenge it is to explain the Trinity to a young child. While I've yet to see one do a better job of it than this one has, it's still not quite there... I'm not in love with some of the redundant language (there was an incongruent use of the word people in there that I found distracting).

This book explains a major theological point to young children in a way that is simple, plain, and clear. In addition, the illustrations are brightly-colored and attractive to a child’s eye. This would make a great gift for a young child and would allow the parent to guide the discussion as the child inquires.

I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by the publisher and Net Galley but the thoughts expressed are my own.

Much like Imago Dei by this author I think this could be a useful tool to begin talking to a child about God. It explains the Trinity in a way that can be easily comprehended but still leaves room for questions and conversations to be held.

Since this is a book for young readers the text is fairly basic, almost like a boiled-down version of a basic liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer. The illustrations work well with that style, producing a fun and readable little book.

This was a good book with cute illustrations that helpfully broke down the similarities and differences between God, the son, and the Holy Spirit. I think it would be helpful to explain to children as it was very straightforward.

While the illustrations are bright and colorful, the thing I most enjoyed about The Trinity by Ryan McKenzie is that it didn't try to make God easily understandable. This book broke down The Trinity into easy-to-understand bite-sized truths, but didn't try to force the miracle of The Trinity into a cutesy metaphor that looses the beautiful mystery that is the three persons in one God.

I am so excited that this resource exists for when my daughter starts asking questions about what we mean when we say The Trinity, which is a topic that is so profound and complex. This book summarizes the miracle of The Trinity down beautifully, simply, and accurately.

The Trinity
Little Seminary's Guide to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
by Ryan McKenzie
Back of the Book: “This colorful and creative board book explains the complexities of the trinity in simple and accurate terms that will help little ones get to know God.
The trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—can be a difficult concept for adults to grasp, let alone children. This board book, part of the Little Seminary series for little ones, explores the three persons of God, explaining how each is fully God, how they each have different roles, and how they perfectly love each other, just as God perfectly loves us.
Coupled with vibrant illustrations that will capture kids’ imaginations, the Trinity familiarizes children with the threefold nature of God and brings them one step closer to a future relationship with Jesus.
The Little Seminary series for children ages infant to four introduces little ones to complex theological concepts in a simple yet biblically accurate way, moving them closer toward a working knowledge of Christianity and a lifelong relationship with Jesus.”
Impressions: Let’s preface this review with the fact that the Holy Trinity is not easily explained. That being said I did not feel this book was helpful in any way. We have talked as a family about the Trinity prior to this book. I was hoping that this resource would help our boys to continue in their understanding of the Trinity but this didn’t explain much of anything.
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review shared here.