Stories for younger children

A Feast of ABCs

Gail Radley

An alphabetical approach to the Nineteen Day Feast, featuring children and their activities from around the world. Illustrated by Malcolm Lee. A delightful ABC book for children about the Nineteen Day Feast by a well-known and popular writer for young people. Features children of many nationalities in its charming illustrations.

A Gift from God

Tahirih Lemon and Liudmyla Stetskovych

A curious child learns the truth about her being a gift from God. A charming story exploring one child’s endless questions regarding God. An ideal book to introduce the concept of God to young children. Short children’s prayers from some of the world’s major religions are included at the end of the book.

A Prayer for Fluffy

Roxana Faith Sinex and Wendy Cowper-Thomas

On his birthday, Colby receives a bike from Mom and Dad, and then Grandma surprises him with the cutest kitten he has ever seen. While playing with the new bike Colby looks up to see that the new kitten is gone. However, Colby is to discover that God often answers our prayers in unexpected ways. The second book in this series is titled Colby’s New Home.

A is for Alláh-u-Abhá

Andrea Hope and Winda Mulyasari

An alphabet picture book of Bahá’í terms. This ABC book was created to help children discover common words used in the Bahá’í writings and strengthen Bahá’í identity. It is hoped that parents and teachers will help children explore important concepts like equality, justice, and obligatory prayers. Best for pre-school and elementary school children.

Abdu'l-Baha Loves Children: Nine Stories of Abdu'l-Baha with Children (Baha'i Holy Days)

Alhan Rahimi , Kseniia Pavska

"Know ye the value of these children for they are all my children."

- 'Abdu'l-Bahá

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá lived in the nineteenth and twentieth century. He was a great example for all the spiritual attributes such as generosity, love, kindness, justice and many more. He was also well-known for His love for children. This illustrated book recounts nine stories of Him with children and is published for the occasion of the centenary of His Ascension.

Abdu’l-Baha Was Kind - Personalized Baha’i Children’s Book

Andrea Hope

I’m so excited to bring you “‘Abdu’l-Baha Was Kind”. In honor of the Centenary of the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, this book features simple phrases from ‘Abdu’l-Baha about how Baha’is should be. They are made one by one. Add a photo of your child or children to the personalize the book.

Bahá'u'lláh Loves You

Sara Gore and Alison Gore

This book has been written to help young children develop and nurture a love for Bahá'u'lláh (the founder of the Bahá'i Faith), through prayer and the many signs of God that exist in the natural world.

Basic Truths Series

Bambi Betts

Simple text books for children on Bahá'í concepts. Designed to help parents teach their children some of the abstract ideas enshrined in the Bahá'í teachings, each section provides the basic vocabulary and concepts needed. Each page is illustrated with a simple line drawing suitable for the child to color. Guidelines on how to use the book are included. There are 3 different books in this series.

Beyond the Rainbow

Brenda Humphries

Life after death is even more difficult to explain to a child than God, but this book offers several metaphors based on the Bahá’í Writings to make death less frightening to a young heart. From Bambi’s mother to their own grandparents, kids are surrounded by death at a very very young age. Presented as a conversation between a mother and 5-year-old son, this book will help you help them make sense of it all.

Counting through the Baha'i year

Andrea Hope and Winda Mulyasari

A counting book for the Badi calendar. This picture book was created to help children learn the Badi calendar in Arabic and English. Each month is paired with an everyday item to assist with memorization. Best for pre-school and elementary school children.

Garden of Virtues: A Guess-the-Virtue Book for Kids

Chelsea Lee Smith and Shimoné Mackie

Step into the Garden of Virtues and learn to identify positive qualities such as helpfulness, determination, generosity and more. Providing an engaging introduction to 10 different virtues, this storybook and the accompanying activity pack is a valuable resource for parents and teachers to playfully foster personal development.

Growing Up: A book about life and love, inspired by the Baha'i Writings

Catherine Honeyman, Bahiyyih Maani

Growing Up tells the story of two children growing into adulthood as they discover more about themselves, about service to others, and about building a foundation for loving relationships.