Easter Eggs for Anya: A Ukrainian Celebration of New Life in Christ (Traditions of Faith from Around the World) (Hardcover)

by Virginia Kroll (Author), Sally Wern Comport (Illustrator)

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“Featuring lots of springy pinks and greens, make readers feel like they are peeking into a pastel scrapbook from another time.” — Publisher’s Weekly

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Product Description
Anya’s family is too poor to buy eggs to decorate for Easter. But then Anya discovers an abandoned nest of goose eggs and plans an Easter surprise. Yet there’s more than one surprise in store in this tender tale set in nineteenth-century Ukraine.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Zonderkidz (February 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310710790
• ISBN-13: 978-0310710790
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #616,005 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Children's Easter Book, April 20, 2008

By	D. Balan - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this book from Amazon prior to Easter along with several other titles ("The Egg Tree" by Katherine Milhouse, Brian Wildsmith's "Easter Story," "An Easter Celebration," and "Birds' Gift") to help kick-off in earnest our family library of seasonally-appropriate children's books. While I'd consider each book a welcome addition to our collection and sound choices for our children, "Easter Eggs for Anya" was the unequivocal gem of the lot.
The story is simple, but well told, the illustrations are quite good (I'm very picky about children's book illustrations and these really are nice), and the underlying message (gratitude and joy in the Resurrection of Christ at Easter) is neither heavy-handed nor watered-down.
The story is told from the perspective of Ukrainian peasants and, as a result, includes mild cultural references, in the text and in illustrations, that are uniquely Ukrainian. However, they are minor additions explained in the text and hardly off-putting to adult readers or child listeners. As the tradition of dyeing Easter eggs originates from the ancient Ukrainian practice, I would assert that this book is a welcome addition in any family that celebrates Easter, regardless of their cultural background. My mother-in-law, who hasn't a slavic bone in her body, absolutely loved the book. As does my three-year-old son (who has only a few, very small slavic bones).
The book is pro-Easter, pro-Easter eggs, pro-family, pro-Christ, pro-Christian, pro-prayer, and pro-Ukrainian.