Manna Publications is now offering a small library of children's books which are free to download and very economical to print and produce for any number of children. You may print them out for your own children at home, or to use in Sunday School or Bible clubs, or in a ministry to needy children who seldom get a book they can take home.
The advantage of these books, are that a teacher can tell the story, then let the children each color a booklet that they get to take home. It will help them to retell the story to others, and thus reinforce it into their own minds and hearts.
We now have two short lists. The Manna for Children are Bible stories witih pictures to color and talking balloons. The Read-and-Color books are not Bible stories but have a good strong moral and are suitable for any Christian teaching setting. Books from both lists are being translated into more and more languages all the time. Please contact us to ask if there is one in your language of choice, or to offer to translate.
You will need to print out the pages before you can photocopy them or start colouring in the books. The come in different sizes. The books are available as a PDF file of pages that can be printed onto A4 size paper (2 pages on each sheet). This is the size of most home printers. These can easily be made into a book using a photocopier. These files are below and have A4 in the name.
You can see larger copies of the sample pages HERE.
For more detailed descriptions and download links see:
Manna for Children and Read-and-Color books
Manna for Children
Wise Men Seek Jesus
In English, French, German, Lingala, Nanets, Yoruba, and also in, Telugu, Kannadas, Nepali, and Bengali, but not available through us.
Jesus is Alive - Easter Story
Available in English and French
Timothy - Serving God
Samuel - Holiness of Life
Also available upon request:
Jesus Love Children (Bring the children to Me)
Jesus Friend of Children (Jeasus heals the sick)
Jonah
Peter and the Crippled Man
The Story of the Flood
Use our Contact form to request them by title from Jim Norman.
Read-and-Color Books
The Powerful Lantern
(Available now in English, Afaan Oromo, French, Kikiyu, LIngala, Luo, Swahili/English, Swahili, Portuguese, Somali, and Yoruba)
Charlie's Ants
The Greatest Book in the World
Also available:
Animals
You may experiement with printing out the books. Simply right-click (with the right-side of your mouse), and click on "Save image as" to safe the PDF file to your computer. Or, if your computer allows, open the file by left clicking on it and printing from your PDF reader.
Note that these are large PDF files. They will take 15 - 30 minutes to download if at high speed, longer if you are on dial-up.
Manna Publications would like to know if you use these books with any group of children. We would much appreciate it if you would use our contact form to tell us about your plans and how the books were recieved. Thank you.
NOTE: Elizabeth Long, Florida, is now in charge of the Manna for Children, Spanish Editions. If you are planning a trip to Mexico, Central or South America - either alone or as a short-term missions team - you should contact us for a connection to Elizabeth as she can supply you with Spanish editions of our Manna for Children and the Read-and-Color books. These are great for distributing to the poor children who don't often get a colouring book In this case, they have a Bible story as well!