The Story of Easter

The Story of Easter
Written by Patricia Pingry
Illustrated by Lorraine Wells

Appropriate for ages 2-5

This basic presentation of the Easter story provides an overview of why we celebrate Easter. Covering Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter itself the book records that Jesus was put on the cross, but disappointingly leaves out the most important part. He was crucified for our sins. Without the blood of Christ we would have no hope. Speaking about Easter Sunday the book mentions the empty tomb and that Jesus had risen. It vaguely implies that His death was paying for our sins, by saying something like His death gives us life.

Overall the book was a bit choppy jumping from baby animals and spring to the story behind Easter and even covering why churches have crosses on their steeples. All of that in just 11 pages.
The last page, the most gospel centered of them, states, "He gave His life for us so that we can live too." How true and yet we so often we forget or choose not to remember the sacrifice He made to rescue us from our sins.

I hope that you take this Easter season to remember and treasure the sacrifice that was made so that you might have life!