God’s Very Good Idea – Colouring and Activity Book - Paperback

God’s Very Good Idea — Colouring and Activity Book

From the very beginning, God’s plan was never a small one.

It was not a plan for one tribe, one culture, one language, or one kind of person. From the moment he made human beings in his image — every human being, of every background, every ethnicity, every social standing — God’s plan has always been breathtakingly, beautifully, gloriously diverse.

People from every nation, every tongue, every culture, every background — all of them made in his image, all of them deeply loved by him, all of them part of his very good idea.

God’s Very Good Idea — Colouring and Activity Book brings this wonderful truth to life for children through 32 pages of colouring, puzzles, mazes, and activities — based on the celebrated storybook of the same name from the Tales That Tell the Truth series. It is a resource that helps children not just hear the truth that every person is valuable to God but to engage with it actively, imaginatively, and personally — in a way that makes it genuinely memorable and genuinely their own.

The Truth Behind the Activities

The message at the heart of this activity book is both simple enough for the youngest child to grasp and profound enough to challenge the deepest assumptions of adults: God made people different on purpose — and every one of those differences is part of his very good idea.

In a world where difference is so often a source of division, fear, and exclusion — where people are valued or devalued on the basis of their ethnicity, their social background, their language, or their culture — the Bible’s vision of a God who made and loves every kind of person equally is not just theologically true. It is radically countercultural, deeply needed, and genuinely beautiful.

Children who grow up with this truth embedded in their understanding of God — who know from their earliest years that the diversity of humanity is not a problem to be managed but a gift to be celebrated — are children who are being shaped by a genuinely biblical, genuinely gospel-centred vision of the world and the people in it.

What the Activity Book Contains

Across its 32 carefully designed pages, the activity book takes children through the truth of God’s very good idea through a rich variety of engaging formats:

Colouring pages — beautifully illustrated scenes celebrating the diversity of God’s image-bearers, inviting children to bring the world of the story to life with their own creativity and colour

Puzzles — carefully designed to reinforce the key truths of the book in a way that engages children’s minds and makes those truths genuinely stick

Mazes — fun and engaging activities that hold children’s attention while keeping them connected to the story and its central message

Activities — creative exercises that help children process and personally apply the truth that every person — regardless of their background, ethnicity, or social standing — is made in God’s image and deeply loved by him

Each activity is thoughtfully connected to the message of the book — so that children are not just doing fun things with pencils and paper but are genuinely engaging with one of the most important and beautiful truths in all of Scripture.

What This Book Will Help Your Child Do

• Understand and celebrate the truth that God made people from all ethnic and social backgrounds — and that this diversity is part of his good and purposeful design
• Develop a genuinely biblical vision of human dignity and worth — grounded not in appearance, achievement, or background but in being made in the image of God
• Build early habits of welcoming, valuing, and celebrating people who are different from themselves
• Engage actively and imaginatively with the truth of God’s love for all people through colouring, puzzles, mazes, and creative activities
• Understand that the church — the community of God’s people — is meant to reflect the beautiful diversity of God’s very good idea
• Develop a love for the inclusive, diverse, gospel-centred vision of human community that runs through the whole of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation

Who Should Use This Book?

God’s Very Good Idea — Colouring and Activity Book is ideal for:

• Parents wanting to teach their young children a biblical vision of human diversity and dignity from the earliest years
• Families of all backgrounds — including multicultural and multiethnic families — who want resources that reflect and celebrate the diversity of God’s image-bearers
• Sunday school teachers and children’s ministry workers looking for a resource that addresses diversity, inclusion, and the equal value of all people from a genuinely gospel-centred perspective
• Churches wanting to resource families with beautiful, accessible, biblically grounded tools for teaching children about God’s love for all people
• Home-educating families wanting to incorporate Bible-based teaching on diversity and human dignity into their curriculum in a creative and child-friendly way
• Schools and children’s organisations looking for a Christian perspective on diversity and inclusion that is warm, accessible, and genuinely engaging for young children
• Any family in India — where diversity of language, ethnicity, caste, and background is a daily reality — wanting to help their children understand that every person is made in God’s image and valued equally by him

About the Tales That Tell the Truth Series

God’s Very Good Idea — Colouring and Activity Book is part of the celebrated Tales That Tell the Truth series — a collection of beautifully illustrated children’s storybooks and accompanying resources that present the great truths of the Christian faith in ways that are accessible, engaging, and genuinely gospel-centred for young children.

Each title in the series is designed to help children encounter the real story of the Bible — not as a collection of moral fables but as the true account of what God has done and who God is. The series has won multiple awards and is widely regarded as one of the finest collections of gospel-centred children’s Christian literature currently available.

Other Tales That Tell the Truth titles available at forthetruth.in include:

• The Friend Who Forgives Colouring and Activity Book
• And many more storybooks and activity resources

A Vision as Big as the World

The book of Revelation ends with a vision of the new creation — a vast, joyful, gloriously diverse multitude gathered before the throne of God, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, worshipping the Lamb together. It is the ultimate fulfilment of God’s very good idea — the completion of a plan that began in a garden and ends in a city, gathering in people from every background and every corner of creation.

God’s Very Good Idea — Colouring and Activity Book gives children their first glimpse of that vision — the truth that every person they will ever meet, whatever their background or appearance or language, is made in the image of the same God who made them and loved by the same Jesus who died for them.

That is a truth worth colouring in.