Let's Celebrate: Happy Easter

by Bentley, Joyce

• ISBN13: 9780750295680
• ISBN10: 0750295686
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-01-31
• Publisher: Wayland

Summary

Easter is celebrated by Christians worldwide to mark the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, and this book let's children discover how people around the globe celebrate this important festival and what it means to them, with age-appropriate language.

The history, preparation and celebration of Easter are all visualised with beautiful photography, capturing the many ways in which this festival is marked. This approach offers children a visually arresting and diverse introduction to one of the most celebrated religious festivals.

Ideal for leisure reads, use in the classroom and to support cross-curricular studies.

Author Biography

Joyce Bentley was a publisher of children's non-fiction for more than 10 years having also commissioned and edited over 1,000 books. As a writer she specialises in books for young children on science and religion. Based in Farnham, she divides her time between writing and commissioning for children's non-fiction - a job she absolutely loves.

Table of Contents

• 1: What is Christianity?
• 2: Being a Christian
• 3: What is Easter?
• 4: Story of Easter
• 5: Preparing for Easter
• 6: Celebrating Easter
• 7: Children and Easter
• 8: A Time for Feasting
• 9: Thinking about Easter
• 10: Decorating an Easter egg