Kids’ books at Easter

This Easter we’ve been working on new ways to try to share the

Easter story with Hannah in particular. Actually, between Christmas and Easter I was reading her an adapted version of The Pilgrim’s Progress (by John Bunyan), called Dangerous Journey (click on the photo for more). The language is very much like that of the original, but it’s a short version. It’s based on the still-picture movie (you know, pan and zoom) by the same name.

I was wondering how much she would get out of it, but the imagery certainly came alive for her. Now she’s going around acting out the story. It’s a great opportunity to explain in a concrete way what the cross means to us, in particular. (Note to parents – some of the pictures in the book are pretty graphic…I just kind of covered a couple of them up and went on by!)

Now that the Easter Season is upon us, we’ve been going through a book with stories and hymns related to Easter. Do you remember the one we did at Christmas? Well, this is the Easter version, Passion Hymns for a Kid’s Heart. Although there’s the occasional thing I don’t agree with, most of the stories are excellent (so far) and it’s a great chance to learn the hymns. Hopefully when we’re at church around Easter time the songs will be a little more familiar to her.

We sing the hymns a couple of nights in a row, and there’s a story, a verse and a prayer with each one. Anyway, hopefully we’ll have more opportunities to talk with both Hannah and Nathanael as Easter gets closer. Of course, anytime is the right time! 🙂