The Story of Baby Moses (An Alice in Bibleland Storybook)

The Story of Baby Moses
An Alice in Bibleland Storybook
Written by Alice Joyce Davidson
Illustrated by Victoria Marshall
Copyright 1985
Format: Hardback
Status: Not currently in print, but many copies available on ebay
Conclusion: Keep



Here we have another Alice in Bibleland book.  For those of you not familiar with Alice in Bibleland yet, it is a series of book that always starts with Alice, a little girl from our time, going into a magic book to witness (but never participate in) events from the Bible.   Typically the books are pretty solid, and since they are written in rhyme, they are fun too.  

This particular book is no exception to Alice in Bibleland's typically high quality. It is not the Baby Moses story we typically read in our house, since both my children have always preferred a simpler book meant for younger children. However after recently realizing how inaccurate that other story is, I've decided to remove it from our Bible story library.  Luckily, this Alice in Bibleland does a much better job of following the story from the Bible, so it will become our new Baby Moses story.

The Good Points:

  • It follows the Bible very well.
  • Like other Alice in Bibleland books, the pictures are very pretty.
  • It gives a background as to why the Pharaoh decided to have all the baby boys killed.
  • The book includes lots of great details mentioned in the Bible.
  • Pharaoh's daughter called the baby "dear baby Israelite" indicating that she was aware that he was probably one of the Hebrew babies that was supposed to be killed.
  • The book describes how Moses received his name (though you may need to explain it in more detail).
The Discrepancies:
  • Like all Alice in Bibleland stories, it has the fiction of Alice going back in time to witness the events.
  • The book doesn't mention the midwives.
  • This story says that Moses was asleep when Pharaoh's daughter found the basket. The next page says that he began to cry and she felt sorry for him. The Bible says that Moses was already crying when she opened the basket.
I'm very happy to have such a great retelling of the Baby Moses story, especially since I'm going to have to remove my kids' favorite Moses story from our library.  This one is an excellent replacement for it.  So yes, this one is definitely a keeper. I would recommend it for ages 3-8.

Oh, and this Alice in Bibleland story ends differently from most of the others in the series.  Typically Alice returns to our time and summarizes important lessons that she learned.  In this book, though, she ends by explaining why saving Moses was important.

"She knew that saving Moses
Was part of God's great plan
For Moses became a prophet
And a very holy man.
Moses led God's chosen people.
He taught them all God's way.
Moses brought the Ten Commandments
Alice follows every day!"



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