New Living Translation

This Bible arrived in the mail yesterday. My son was asking if he could take his Bible to school to read as he saw some other student bring a Bible to read.  I told him to take a Good News Bible to school.  He started to look at this new one as well.

I've had a Living Bible for a while, but don't often read it.  This website has critical reviews of various Bible translations.  The Living Bible is not highly regarded by scholars because it is a paraphrase like the Good News Translation.  For a kid, it might be a good way to get into the Word of God.  A lot easier than the New King James Version (grade 8 level).  He has a NIRV Bible too, but it's falling apart (that's at a grade 3 level).