My favorite is always Jonah I think. When I taught Bible School we tended to stick with the OT for the Bible stories and the NT for the Sacraments. But I digress. Someone came up with a way to but a bunch of black plastic together and used some fans. It was big enough for the kids to go in and experience being inside the belly of the whale. It was a great teaching tool. The little ones really got it.
I love the Douey-Rheims! It’s not the one I use most frequently, but it is the one that sounds the most beautiful to me. For seven years, I participated in a non-denominational Bible study, that met each week throughout the school year (off in the summer). It was intense and wonderful! So I used the DR alongside my New American heavily during that time.
Many of my Protestant friends would ask me if it didn’t make me want to stop being Catholic, and I told them no, that it made me understand the richness and beauty of the Catholic faith even more. I remember that one of them remarked one time how many people had come to participate in this Bible study group, all because I had invited a few friends to join me every so often. The joke was, “Look how many of us are here, and how we all got invited by our Catholic friend. Who would’ve thought it possible? A Catholic bringing people to Bible study!” We all shared a good laugh, because they realized that Catholics can be good and faithful people, too. Oh, and I was invited by one of my Catholic friends.