Emma’s Easter: A Review

Emma’s Easter: A Review

March 2, 2017

When I wrote Catherine’s Pascha, I had not heard of Tekla’s Easter, which is long out of print. And of course, when I wrote Catherine’s Pascha, it would be many years before Lisa Bullard would write Emma’s Easter. (Although I wrote my story first, she published first....
Pascual and the Kitchen Angels: A Review

Pascual and the Kitchen Angels: A Review

May 19, 2016

Even though “Pascual” means Pascha, Tomie dePaola’s Pascual and the Kitchen Angels isn’t a Pascha book. It’s a folk tale about Saint Pascual. And it is every bit as delightful as you expect a book by dePaola to be. Saints who Cook Saint Pascual...
Don’t put the Easter picture books away!

Don’t put the Easter picture books away!

May 2, 2016

Yesterday was Pascha. Today is Bright Monday. The kitchen hasn’t recovered yet, and frankly, neither have you. You’re wandering through the house in a bit of a fog. You see Easter picture books scattered on the floor, and you start to pick them up and pack them away...
My First Easter: A Review

My First Easter: A Review

April 28, 2016

I adore Tomie de Paola’s books. I love them almost as much as I love Patricia Polacco’s books, or Jan Brett’s. His sweet, simple stories are buttressed by tradition and infused with love and faith and trust. His art has a sort of effortless simplicity, childlike in...
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett: A Review

The Easter Egg by Jan Brett: A Review

April 14, 2016

I hadn’t planned on reviewing another Easter-bunny-delivers-eggs book. I thought that, once I’d reviewed The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, there was no need to review another book of that genre. But then a friend asked me to review The Easter Egg by Jan...