The Best Thing About Easter [Hardcover]

Christine Harder Tangvald (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

Follow the young narrator as she learns that although Easter is fun with eggs, candy, and dressing up in a special new dress, the real reason we celebrate Easter is the resurrection of Jesus.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Christine Tangvald is the author of more than eighty-five books for children and has over 2.5 million books in print, including Playtime Devotions (Standard Publishing). She has worked with kids for over twenty years and holds a B.S. in elementary education from Washington State University. Christine and her husband, Roald, have three children and eight grandchildren and live in Washington.

--This text refers to the Board book edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 28 pages
• Publisher: Standard Publishing; Casebound edition (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0784712859
• ISBN-13: 978-0784712856
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,021,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christine Harder Tangvald is the author of more than eighty-five children's books with almost 3 million in print. She is the founder of Spokane Christian Writers' Conference. She lives with her husband in Spokane, Washington.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't be better!, March 22, 2000

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Karin Peterson (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Thing About Easter (Happy Day Books) (Paperback)

What a terrific story! This book truly encompasses all the "fun" Easter traditions of egg hunts and baskets of chocolatey treats, etc., while finishing with an enthusiastic and upbeat description of the true meaning of the season - Jesus and His love for us! It would have been *perfect* if the darling illustrations had included a boy more prominently...even so, my 2 boys loved it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love reading this book to my kids!, March 7, 2003

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Regine K. Bottomley "bglmvb" (Shellsburg, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Thing About Easter (Happy Day Books) (Paperback)

This book helps recount my favorite things about Easter growing up, but concludes with what I have come to realize is truly the BEST thing about Easter. Each page of the story builds in excitement as it describes the FUN things we should like about Easter (dyeing and hunting for eggs, candy, animals, springtime, dressing up, and going to church on Easter Sunday) but, repeatedly indicates that these things aren't the BEST thing about Easter. "The very BEST THING about Easter is... Jesus... God's own Son!" The story of God's planned death and resurrection of Jesus are described simply and summarized nicely: Because Jesus loves us. I highly recommend this book for teaching the "true meaning" of Easter to children, whether it be your own family, or a group of children at church, Bible classes or an Easter egg hunt. The pictures are sweet, and the way handwritten words are interspersed throughout the story help build the excitement and fun. It is written from the perspective of a little girl telling the story.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Original was better., March 18, 2010

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Dove C. Arnett "darnett" (delaware ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Thing About Easter (Hardcover)

I bought this book years ago for my daughter and recently decided to buy a copy for my grandchildren. However, the more recently published book has completely different illustrations that are not nearly as sweet as the original. The modern illustrations look more cartoonish. Shame. I know the book is about the message, but the other illustrations made the book extra special because they looked like a child author had drawn parts of them, and the book is in first person (a child).