I felt awkward, because that was not the way I, as an Orthodox Christian, was used to referring to Holy Scripture. As a frequent reader at Church, I could accurately paraphrase large tracts and knew from which book they were taken. And that's okay for me, now. The Holy Scriptures actually belong to the Church, who is their only accurate interpreter and teacher. In the Orthodox Tradition, Scripture never stands alone, but is always read and discussed in context with the Church's festal cycle, the Liturgy, the Sacraments, and our whole Orthodox lifestyle.
Scripture is woven into every prayer, every service.
Twenty years apart, that little girl and I had very similar experiences in discovering the role of Holy Scripture in the Orthodox Church. Purchase an age-appropriate Bible or Bible story book for your child, and keep updating it as your child grows. Use the Bible story book for younger children's first bedtime story each night, and move the fairy tales to the second position. On Saturday night, read the Gospel story that will be read in Church at Liturgy the next morning from your child's Bible storybook, then mark the place and take the storybook with you to Liturgy. If the child doesn't read yet, have him look at the pictures that go with the story.