March 5, 2009

Literacy Thursday - My Easter Basket


My Easter Basket
And the true story of Easter
by Mary Manz Simon


With Easter being a little over a month away, I wanted to share one of my Easter favorites. This is a great educational book. Not only does it tell the Easter story in a very unique way, but it also reinforces colors. It does this by having each color represent a special part of the Easter story. For example:

"The brown inside my basket, as dark as a cave...reminds me of the sad place that was Jesus' grave."

We got this book for Max's first Easter and we have read it to him since then. It is a very sturdy board book and I hope you might consider it if you are looking for a great book to tell the story of Jesus' sacrifice for us in terms that small children can understand.

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2 comments:

Unknown said...

Great, great great!!! I have to get that one for Kendrick's eater basket! The second child can be so hard to buy for! Thanks for sharing this week!

PS--I've been meaning to eamil you. Hopefully I'll get around to it this afternoon!

Jennifer said...

That sounds like a neat book--thank you!