Big Thoughts for Tiny Tots: A Beginner’s Gospel Story Book of Questions and Answers

Big Thoughts for Tiny Tots introduces preschoolers to the fundamentals of faith with a series of simple questions and answers right on their level.  

Teaching your toddlers and preschoolers about the Bible doesn’t have to be a daunting experience. It can be as easy as starting to ask them a few simple questions. Little kids love to ask questions—it’s how they learn! In Big Thoughts for Tiny Tots, author Jared Kennedy presents sixteen questions and answers in catechism style to introduce children ages 2–5 to the gospel message.  

Each question and answer is accompanied by a Bible verse to show that what’s being taught is rooted in the Scriptures. Bright illustrations will keep children engaged. As families read this book together again and again, repetition will instill the message of God’s Word in children’s little hearts and minds for a lifetime.  

• Follows a simple question, answer, Scripture format. For example: Q) Who made the world? A) God did. He made everything! “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1 CSB) 
• Bold, colorful illustrations by Trish Mahoney will capture and hold young children’s attention.    
• Part of the Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible series and a companion resource to the Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible Curriculum for Toddlers and Preschoolers. 

Jared Kennedy (ThM, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), serves as managing editor for books and curriculum for The Gospel Coalition (TGC). Before TGC, he served for many years as a children’s minister and family pastor in local churches. Jared is also the co-founder and principal of Gospel-Centered Family, a ministry that helps churches and families share Jesus with the next generation. He is the author of books and curricula like The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible, The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible Curriculum for Toddlers and Preschoolers, Keeping Your Children’s Ministry on Mission, Jesus Rose for Me, Jesus Came for Me, God Made Me for Worship, and The Story of Martin Luther. He has also helped to develop two VBS programs, Proof Pirates and Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet. He and his wife, Megan, live with their three daughters in Louisville, Kentucky, where they are a part of Sojourn Church Midtown.

Trish Mahoney is a graphic designer and illustrator who lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she runs The Mahoney Studio with her husband, Patrick. She is the illustrator of the God Made Me series, The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible, The Beginner's Gospel Story Curriculum for Toddlers and Preschoolers, and Big Thoughts for Tiny Tots. Together, she and her husband have two grown children who are pursuing their own artistic paths.