Tuesday 1 April 2014

Our Favourite Books for Easter

Today is Tuesday's Treasures and it's the beginning of a new month. I've been thinking about December when I shared with you some of my favourite books to read at Christmas.  It's April and nearing the time of Easter and the end of Lent.  As some of you know I love books that can create memories and traditions within a family.  Here are a collection of some of my favourite books for Easter/Lent. 

Amon's Adventure

Author: Arnold Ytreeide
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 208
Vendor: Kregel Kidzone
Publication Date: 2011
Dimensions: 9.25 X 8.50 (inches)
ISBN: 0825441714
ISBN-13: 9780825441714

This story follows in the steps of the Advent trilogy by Arnold Ytreeide.  Meet Amon the son of Jotham and Tabitha and go along with him as he discovers just who Jesus is.


Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 32
Vendor:  ZonderKids Publishers
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 978-0-310-70780-6
Author Chris Auer
Illustrator: Rick Johnson

Join your children and discover the story of the Sand Dollar and the secret it hides within it's shell.


The Legend of the Easter Egg

Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 32
Vendor:  ZonderKids Publishers
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 978-0-310-22447-1
Author Lori Walburg
Illustrator: James Bernardin
This book is beautifully illustrated and the characters explore the deeper meaning of Christianity.


Format: Paperback 
Number of Pages: 584 
Vendor: Heart of Wisdom Publishing
Publication Date: June 2001
ISBN: 0970181604
Author Robin Sampson & Linda Pierce

This book is choc full of information on the Biblical feasts.


Resurrection Eggs
Resurrection Eggs
Format: 1 plastic egg carton, 12 plastic eggs, 11 unique objects to illustrate the Easter Story, 1 bilingual booklet.
ISBN: 978-1-60200-392-7
Produced by: Family LifeSir N loves these and always asks when we will taking them out to use!


Easter Resources
Do you have any favourite Easter book/s you take out each year to enjoy as a family ? I'm always on the look out for beautifully written and illustrated books to add to our Easter / Lent collection.

If you would like to find some more book lists be sure to check out the Schoolhouse Crew Blog tomorrow.

Blessings
Chareen 




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Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures. I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books and Resources out there out there hiding on shelves and somewhere on the internet.

I invite you to blog about

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  •  a great homeschool item you have found and
  •  any new resources you are enjoying. 
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3 comments:

  1. Chareen
    Not sure if you've seen my Lenten book lists before but I have about 4 posts near the top of this page
    http://sevenlittleaustralians.blogspot.com.au/p/book-lists.html

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  2. I just grabbed out all of our Easter books to share also :-)

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  3. Our family also loves to read books that create traditional memories.

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