Music, Children - Holidays & Festivals, Poetry - Assorted Topics, Children - Fiction & Literature
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Overview
A family prepares for a traditional American Easter by making hot cross buns, getting new clothes, and decorating eggs. On the holiday, they hunt for baskets, go to church, have dinner, and play games. Songs and poems are interspersed throughout the text.
Easter's on its way! Wendy Watson has set the holiday in a small New England town. To record this uniquely American way of celebrating Easter, she has blended traditional songs and verses with an original story and impossible-to-resist illustrations. Full-color illustrations.
Editorials
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 2-- In her sixth holiday book for young children, Watson depicts the activities of her now-familiar family as they make traditional preparations for Easter. Hot-cross buns are baked, an egg tree is set up, eggs are gathered and decorated, and the Easter bunny's arrival is anticipated. The family walks to church all dressed up, just as the whole world seems to be. Grandma and Grandpa join the family for dinner and games in the afternoon, but the best Easter surprise of all is the birth of five kittens, found behind the couch. The simple text, within a rectangle on most pages, is complemented by traditional rhymes or poems set apart in decorated squares of colors, adding interest and balance. Illustrations of ink and pastel shades are bustling with activity and details of large family life in a small village. A delightful addition for holiday shelves. --Virginia Opocensky, formerly at Lincoln City Libraries, NEBook Details
Published
January 29, 1997
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pages
32
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780395772829