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Storybook Bible
Inside the app

A tour in five chapters

Everything the app does, page by page.

Storybook Bible is an illustrated Bible storybook for iPhone, iPad and Android: stories written for four ages, maps of where they happened, the full Bible text, activities for afterwards, and a record of what you’ve read.

Welcome to Storybook Bible by SparkTales, with Start Reading, Create Account and Login, and a preview of stories, maps, encyclopedia and activities.
Welcome to Storybook Bible · Start reading

Chapter I · Reading

A story in four moments.

Jesus Calms the Storm, Mark 4, followed from its title screen to the recap after its last page.

  1. Choose a story

    Meet Jesus Calms the Storm on its title screen, with its passage, reading time and a short introduction. Download it to read offline, then open the story.

    The title screen for Jesus Calms the Storm, with its illustration, Mark 4:35–41, reading time, story details and Read again button.
    Jesus Calms the Storm · The title screen · Mark 4:35–41

  2. Open a story

    Open the story and the boat sets out across the evening water, the crowd left behind on the shore. A downloaded story opens with no connection at all.

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    Jesus Calms the Storm

    Leaving the Shore

    The disciples took Jesus with them in the boat, leaving the crowd behind. Other small boats came along too. Together, they moved away across the evening water.

    Mark 4:36

    Jesus Calms the Storm · Page 2 of 9 · Mark 4:36

  3. Turn the page

    Each page sets the whole illustration above the text for the reader’s age — here, the moment the wind drops and the sea falls still.

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    Jesus Calms the Storm

    A Great Calm

    The wind stopped. The great waves settled, and the sea became wonderfully calm. Around the boat, the water was still.

    Mark 4:39b

    Jesus Calms the Storm · Page 7 of 9 · Mark 4:39b

  4. Finish together

    When the last page turns, a short recap follows: stars earned, a summary, the memory verse, a quiz, and the story up next.

    The screen after the story: “Great job! You’ve completed the story”, a trophy and ten stars earned, the summary beside the cover, the memory verse from Mark 4:35, a Take Quiz button, and The Transfiguration up next.
    Jesus Calms the Storm · After the last page · the recap

Chapter II · Maps

Every story has a place.

From any story, the Bible Map opens where it happened. Four hand-drawn journeys to walk stop by stop, and the whole land to explore by layer.

The four journeys

  • Jesus’ MinistryNew · 13 stops
  • Moses and the ExodusOld · 20 stops
  • Abraham’s JourneyOld · 11 stops
  • The Stations of the CrossNew · 14 stops
  1. The Bible Map open on the whole of Galilee, Samaria, Judea and Perea, with coloured markers on the places and a row of layer buttons along the top.
    The whole landGalilee to Judea on one hand-drawn map, with every place the stories visit marked on it. Layers pick out events, people, miracles, parables, battles and regions.
  2. The Bible Map in Story Mode, with the route of Jesus’ ministry drawn down the land and the journey timeline of numbered stops along the bottom.
    Follow the journeyStory Mode walks a journey in order. The timeline along the bottom holds every stop, from Bethlehem to the Mount of Olives.
  3. The Bible Map zoomed in on Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, with the stop card for the Ascension: Acts 1:6–12, the place, the people and a Read More button.
    Open a stopEach stop carries its passage, the place, the people who were there, and a way back into the story told there.

Chapter III · Scripture

The Bible itself.

Beside the stories is the Bible, to read directly — verse by verse, with highlights, bookmarks and notes close at hand.

The Bible reader open at Genesis 12 in the World English Bible, two verses marked with ribbons, a Quick Access row of plans, highlights, notes and bookmarks, and a verse of the day.
The Bible reader · Genesis 12

  1. Any book, any chapter

    Choose where to read. The text is the World English Bible, set verse by verse with the numbers in the margin.

  2. Tap a verse to keep it

    Bookmark it or write a note beside it. A small ribbon marks the verses you’ve saved.

  3. Everything you’ve kept

    Daily reading plans, and every highlight, note and bookmark, one tap from the page.

  4. A verse for the day

    One verse and its reference, set apart at the foot of the page.

The memory verse at the end of every story can be saved, highlighted or noted here, in your Bible.

Chapter IV · Afterwards

Five ways back into the story.

Every activity belongs to the story just read and to the place on the map where it happened — so finishing one is a reason to open the other.

  1. Quiz Master

    Short questions on the story just read, with the reason behind every answer.

  2. Word Builder

    Names, places and key words from the passage, pieced together letter by letter.

  3. Keen Eye

    Find the story’s names and words hidden in a word search.

  4. Color Artist

    Colour a scene from the story.

  5. Memory Maker

    Match pairs to fix the story’s people and words in memory.

The Trophy Hall: milestone trophies collected, reading totals, and earned story badges such as First Story Read and First Quiz.

Milestones and finished journeys, kept as a record.

Progress and rewards

Nothing nags, expires overnight, or punishes a week away.

  • Stories finished, minutes read, day streak and maps completed — recorded and shown.
  • Twenty-two milestone trophies, stickers to earn, and stars to spend on collectible treasures.

Chapter V · Family

For the grown-ups.

The things a parent decides — who is reading, at what level, in which view, and how the app looks and sounds — with profiles and family controls kept behind a grown-up gate, and stories downloaded for when there’s no connection.

  • The Parent Center: a reader snapshot of stories opened and stickers earned, the account owner and one reader profile with room for more, and a “Verify to unlock” button for the family controls.

    1Parent CenterWhat each reader has opened and earned, their profiles, and the family controls — locked until a grown-up opens them with Face ID, Touch ID or the device passcode.

  • “Who is reading today?” with the four reading ages, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 and 13+, each with a line describing the stories it gets.

    2A level for each readerAges 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 or 13+, set for each profile — from picture-led, read-aloud stories to fuller reflection for teens and adults. Choosing a level asks only for a reading age.

  • “How would you like to read?” with Library View and Little View side by side, each showing a preview of its home page.

    3Reading modeLibrary View is the full reading dashboard, with search and the Bible. Little View is a big, simple page for younger readers. Switch between them at any time in Settings.

  • A “Switch profiles?” card asking for a grown-up before switching readers, with the option to use a grown-up PIN instead.

    4Switch readerEvery reader in the family keeps their own place. Moving from one profile to another asks a grown-up first, through the grown-up gate or a PIN.

  • Settings: the account and reader profiles, offline downloads, theme colours, night mode, reduce animations, home layout, narration, background music and sound effects.

    5SettingsTheme, night mode, animation and home layout; narration, background music and sound effects; and the stories downloaded for reading offline.

Scroll sideways, or use the left and right arrow keys, to move between the 5 screens.

Coming soon

For iPhone, iPad and Android.

  • Coming soon on theApp Store
  • Coming soon onGoogle Play

Every story in the app is in the library, with more screens from the app — stories, maps, activities and the family settings — at the foot of the page.

Open the library