In a text filled with anecdotes, sayings, and bits of verse, Edna Barth traces the history of the Easter symbols and shows how they reflect feelings shared by people throughout the world. The symbols represent hope, joy in living, and wonder at the miracle of new life—and these are universal emotions. Warmly written, and illustrated with black and white drawings by Ursula Arndt, this is a book to be discovered and read with pleasure by young readers of all faiths. Enda barth's classic holiday books are all now being reissued with a fresh, new jacket design and fun activities inside the paperback covers.
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Ursula Arndt has illustrated a number of popular children's books, including the six holiday titles written by Edna Barth for Clarion. She is now retired and lives in Germany.
The late Edna Barth worked as a librarian, a teacher, and an editor of books for young people before becoming the author of many well-known books for children.
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Very well done explanation of all the Easter symbols from Hot Cross Buns to the Easter Rabbit. Beautiful book with extra strong cover and binding in the white bordered Turtleback version is built to last for future generations.
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Painted eggs, candy eggs, bunnies, newborn chicks, lambs, white lilies, new clothes. All these stand for Easter just as angels and reindeer stand for Christmas, or witches and pumpkins for Halloween. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Easter Eve, United States, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Week, Green Thursday, Holy Saturday, Holy Thursday, Jesus Christ, Palm Sunday New!
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Painted eggs, candy eggs, bunnies, newborn chicks, lambs, white lilies, new clothes. All these stand for Easter just as angels and reindeer stand for Christmas, or witches and pumpkins for Halloween. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hot cross buns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Easter Eve, United States, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Week, Green Thursday, Holy Saturday, Holy Thursday, Jesus Christ, Palm Sunday New!
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- Easter Story by Elizabeth Yates in Back Matter
- The Easter Book of Legends and Stories by Alice Isabel Hazeltine in Back Matter
- Easter Story for Children by Ralph W. Sockman in Back Matter
- The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous in Back Matter
- Holiday Story Play by Joyce Harlow on page 125, page 132, and page 137
- Finding the Voice Inside: Writing As a Spiritual Quest for Women by Gail Collins-Ranadive on page 27, and Back Matter
- Flights of Fancy, Leaps of Faith: Children's Myths in Contemporary America by Cindy Dell Clark in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Spring Equinox: Celebrating the Greening of the Earth by Ellen Jackson in Back Matter
- A Scientific Approach to Biblical Mysteries by Robert Faid in Back Matter
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