Catechisms for Kids
Help your children learn the great truths of the faith, one question and answer at a time. Read them in Paul Cox's bright illustrated catechisms, color them, sing them, and memorize them with the Truth & Grace books, from toddlers to teens.


Pick by how your child learns
Every child is different. Choose the way that fits yours, then add more as they grow.

The Illustrated Catechism for Boys and Girls
Paul Cox's colorful pictures for each question and answer.

The Illustrated Catechism for Boys and Girls Coloring Book
Black-and-white pages to color while they learn.

The Baptist Catechism Set to Music
All 114 questions, sung, by Jim Scott Orrick.

Lessons in Truth and Grace: Who Made You?
A board book that turns catechism questions into a story.
From the first board book to high school
Truth & Grace takes children step by step through catechism and Scripture memory. All three Memory Books also include hymns and Bible basics to learn by heart.
Lessons in Truth and Grace
Board books that put catechism questions into simple stories.
Shop the 3-book bundleMemory Book 1
A Catechism for Boys and Girls, plus Scripture, hymns, and Bible basics.
Shop Book 1 · $7.98Memory Book 2
The Baptist Catechism (1693/1695), plus more Scripture, hymns, and Bible basics.
Shop Book 2 · $7.98Memory Book 3
The Heidelberg Catechism: A Baptist Edition, plus more Scripture, hymns, and Bible basics.
Shop Book 3 · $7.98Simple questions. Answers that last a lifetime.
A catechism teaches the faith through short questions and answers. Children can learn them by heart long before they understand every word, and the answers grow with them.
Each question is a natural way to start talking about God at home, with Scripture throughout.
Ask one question
Read one question and answer together at breakfast, bedtime, or family worship.Look up the verse
Read the Scripture behind the answer and talk about what it means.Review and repeat
Go over earlier answers often. Sing them or color them to help them stick.
All catechisms for kids
Illustrated catechisms & coloring books
Paul Cox's bright pictures bring every question and answer to life.
4 titlesTruth & Grace Memory Books
Catechism, Scripture, hymns, and Bible basics to memorize, from age two through high school.
4 titlesBoard books for little ones
Catechism questions told as stories, for children ages 0–5.
4 titlesSing it
Learn the catechism by heart through song.
1 title-
The Baptist Catechism Set to Music
$19.98 - Sing it
The whole Baptist Catechism, set to music
Jim Scott Orrick set every question and answer to song, so the words stick on car rides and around the kitchen table.
Shop the CD set · $19.982CDs114Questions1 hr 48 minRunning time
Learn it yourself as you teach
The catechism and a commentary for you, plus a family worship guide to build around it.
Frequently asked questions
New to catechizing your children? Here's where to begin.
What is a catechism for kids?
A children's catechism is a set of short questions and answers about the Christian faith, written so children can memorize them. Our illustrated editions add Paul Cox's colorful artwork and Scripture throughout, so families can read, talk, and learn together.
What age should my child start?
You can start very young. The Lessons in Truth and Grace board books are written for ages 0–5. Truth & Grace Memory Book 1 is for children from age two through elementary school, Book 2 for elementary through middle school, and Book 3 for high school.
Which catechism should we use?
A Catechism for Boys and Girls is the best place to start. You'll find it in The Illustrated Catechism for Boys and Girls and Truth & Grace Memory Book 1. Older children can move on to The Baptist Catechism in The Illustrated Baptist Catechism, Memory Book 2, and the Set to Music CDs, and teens can learn the Heidelberg Catechism in Memory Book 3.