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Children’s Bibles as a Religious Educational Material All religions are based on divine doctrines from sacred texts. The basic laws of human be- ings belong to religion, adoptedand implemented in accordance with the terms and judgments, only if it is possible to understand these texts correctly. In addition, people who became believers, have to engage with revelation in order to learn religious doc- trines. Sacred texts of every religion differ from others in terms of structure and content. The common points of these texts are that they stick to a certain literary style and that their target group is not of limited age. Nowadays, in both Western and Islamic world, with the increase of moral decline and social corruption, people began the return to relig- ion. With the increasing importance of religious education, the access to and understand- ing of sacred texts have been in the focus of debates. Within this framework, material is addressed to children at an early age to make the source of religion and religious teach- ings provide a clearer understanding of the purpose and divine expressions, aimed to make the revelation of children according to the level of perception. In this study, the Christian religion in this direction by educators ‘Children’s Bibles’ publications prepared under the theme, content, style, illustrations, games, and activities were evaluated.. A sur- vey of the verses of the Bibleas been concluded reviewing what is given for the child ac- cording to the level of perception