Book Review: Easter Stories and Prayers

 

Easter Stories and Prayers (Little Blessings) is a rich book full of poetic verses written to help your young child understand real story of Easter. The beautifully, rhymed verses make the Easter story truly beautiful.

“I see on the wall

From the place where I sit.

A very large cross

and it scares me a bit

The crosses we see —

both the large and the small —

Remind us that Christ

gave his life for us all.”

I love the simple and beautiful illustration drawn by Elena Kucharik.

    

 

The book takes us beyond the Easter story and gives parents simple prayers to share with the children every night during any season.

I especially loved this simple prayer:

 

“Dear Jesus, please show me,

for I want to see

The ways you’re the same

and yet different from me.

I’d like to know what

you were like as boy

Did you have a favorite

story or toy?”

Such a simple message to help children relate to the fact that Jesus came as a baby and lived an entire life from boyhood to the time of His ministry.

The book is divided into easy to read sections:

1. Why is There a Cross?
2. Who is Jesus?
3. What is Prayer?
4. What About Heaven

It is perfect for homeschoolers and can be used for kindergarten through second graders in daily lessons or can be used during family devotion time. I think older children will love it too. I highly recommend this book for Easter baskets!

 

 

More about the author from her website:

Kathleen Bostrom has been an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) since 1983. She and her husband, Greg, have served as Co-Pastors of the Wildwood Presbyterian Church, Wildwood, Illinois, since 1991.

Kathy has won awards for preaching and is often requested to speak for groups and at local schools. She has published numerous articles in various journals and newspapers and is the author of over a dozen books for children.Who is Jesus? was a finalist for the 2000 Gold Medallion Award, given to the outstanding books in Christian publishing, and What About Heaven? was nominated for the People’s Choice Award. She is included in a current edition of Something About the Author (volume 139, 2003) and Contemporary Authors (volume 210, 2003) two of the premiere reference sources for information on children’s authors.

 

Required notices: If you click on the link at the beginning of the review it will take you to my Amazon affiliate page where if you purchase the book, I will receive a small portion of the sale.  Here is the link again: Easter Stories and Prayers (Little Blessings)

Thank you for your support. I also received the book free from Tyndale House in exchange for my honest review.

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