The Great Plan of Happiness - Hardcover

Following his service as a missionary in the Philippines, David Bowman graduated with a degree in illustration from Brigham Young University. He has since served as a release-time seminary instructor as well as a counselor and speaker as numerous EFY conferences. David's special love is making the scriptures come to life for young people, authoring and illustrating several books for kids and teens. He is also the artist of fine-art depictions of the Savior titled ''Expressions of Christ.'' David and his wife, Natalie, and their five children live in Arizona.

If you use only ONE resource to teach your kids the Plan of Salvation this should be it! (Other than scripture of course!) I am so pleased with this and all of David Bowman's illustrated gospel teaching books for children. The Plan of Happiness is our personal favorite though and my 4 and 6 year old ask for it to be read to them regularly. David Bowman has a true genius for packaging gospel concepts in a way that is very easy for children to digest and understand and leaves them loving what they are learning and with a passion and hunger to dig deeper and know more. He does not stray from core doctrine and true principles but manages to make them a lot of fun to learn about. --Mom2three

This is one of the best books to explain the LDS faith that I have found. A friend of another faith pointed out that this book explains everything we believe in one tiny package. It's awesome! It has a lot of words, so I would suggest it for ages 5+. My 4-year-old will usually sit through it, but it can get a little long for him sometimes. However, it is written in a language that any child could understand and enjoy. We have now bought copies of this book to give as baptism presents from the Primary presidency because we feel it explains our purpose on Earth so well compared to anything else we have found. --Nicole Barney

I purchased The Great Plan of Happiness for my grandson. He had so many questions for me on my last visit! There was no doubt that he had read it, studied it, and wanted to know more. The illustrations are cartoony and that worried me, he didn't see them that way. It was easy for my grandson to read this on his own and understand what he was reading from the pictures. Clear and simple. I think I need a copy for every one of my grandkids! --S. Porter