Pascual and the Kitchen Angels: A Review
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!
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
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
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...THE MAGIC OF BOOKS
Share the joy of the Pascha through the magic of a book: Catherine's Pascha.
