The Book of Mormon Storybook for Little Saints

Manuscript Edition

By: Josh Sabey, Sarah Sabey

Narrated by: Sarah Sabey

The Book of Mormon Storybook for Little Saints is a collection of 50 Book of Mormon stories, adapted for children and parents. We focus on telling the story so that the characters' humanity and the core doctrinal principles they depended on shine forth: primarily, God so loved the world. While our book is primarily intended for young children, we have crafted the stories with the idea that it ought to be meaningful and inspiring for children as well as their parents. We want to help make the Book of Mormon a gathering place for family members of all ages.

For anyone trying to tell Book of Mormon stories to children, altering the text is unavoidable. A story teller must often decide between focusing on specific details or communicating the essence. With that in mind, the primary goal of this book is not to teach children a summary of events. Instead, we have focused on the artful re-telling of the stories themselves. And each story is driven by testimony—our testimony—which we have condensed into this single sentence: These are stories about a real God who loves real people. We hope that by connecting to scripture more tenderly ourselves, and trying to show the humanity of its population gently, but honestly, our boy will begin to see and learn the goodness and grace of all the world around him. And that, perhaps, we may help others to see it too.

©2022 Joshua Sabey and Sarah Perkins (P)2022 Joshua Sabey and Sarah Perkins

A beautiful way to get to know the people of the Book of Mormon

I was skeptical at first. How can you share the rich text of the Book of Mormon in ways that even a toddler can understand? But the Sabey’s have done that. The retelling of these stories is simple enough for children to understand and deep enough for adults to enjoy. I know other reviews have already said that this book brought them to tears, but it’s true. Getting to know the character of these people makes me not feel so alone in my own human nature and rebellious and proud state. Thank you for this wonderful adaptation.

Insights into the Book of Mormon for everyone

This book so beautifully shares stories and insights from the Book of Mormon. I know they were written “for little saints” but during some challenging times in my life their sweet gentle message of love was a blessing to me

Marvelous

My children and I enjoyed every minute of this book. It was spiritual, well-read, and well-written in short chapters. My thanks to the authors and narrator.

Beautiful and thought-provoking storytelling

For someone who grew up a Latter-Day Saint, it’s hard to imagine finding new lessons from the Book of Mormon. But the Book of Mormon Storybook highlights themes I had never seen before. It humanizes the bad guys, even anti-Christs, and doesn’t shy away from big emotions. I feel inspired to find new ways to tell my kids these stories. Thank you to the Sabeys for adding such beautiful retelling of the Book of Mormon to our faith tradition!

Book of Mormon for little saints

Can’t say enough good about this book. It’s clearly geared towards kids but has insights that have never occurred to me and my 40 years of study. I’m so grateful I found it.