Hope and New Life: An Easter Story (Festival Time) - Softcover

Zucker, Jonny; Cohen, Jan Barger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764126695 ISBN 13: 9780764126697

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2004

Synopsis

This book's story opens with Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. Children learn how Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. On Holy Thursday, Mom, Dad, and older children attend services and have bread and wine to commemorate Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples. At home, the kids color Easter eggs and eat sticky hot cross buns, and on Easter Sunday, all go to church and sing songs to celebrate how Jesus came back to life. After services, the children enjoy an Easter egg hunt, see the Easter Parade, and celebrate the renewal of life. Festival Time books depict the activities of typical families, as Mom, Dad, and children celebrate holidays that have special religious or cultural significance for them. Cheerfully attractive color illustrations supplement a simply-told story of the holiday's origins and a description of the festivities that are part of that holiday. Festival Time books can be read aloud to toddlers, but are easy enough for many first and second graders to read to themselves. Each book's final two-page spread is written mainly for parents, offering suggestions for ways to communicate the holiday's meaning to kids. (Ages 3-7)

About this title

About the Author

Jonny Zucker has worked in radio, played in several bands and has worked as a stand-up comedian and a teacher. He started writing full-time and has now written over thirty books for adults, teenagers and children. These include the Venus Spring books for Piccadilly Press and the Max Flash for Stripes. He also wrote the Festival Time! series, Dan and the Mudman, Striker Boy and Striker Boy Kicks Out for Frances Lincoln. He lives in Muswell Hill, London with his family.

From the Back Cover

back cover
Here is a simple and delightful introduction to the Christian festival of Easter—suitable for even the very youngest child.
Follow a family as they take Holy Communion, eat hot cross buns, go on an Easter egg hunt, and watch a big parade.
Also in the Festival Time! series:
Apples and Honey — A Rosh Hashanah Story
Eight Candles to Light — A Chanukah Story
It’s Party Time — A Purim Story
Lanterns and Firecrackers — A Chinese New Year Story

About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0764126695
• ISBN 13: 9780764126697
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24