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Easter Stories - Classic Tales for the Holy Season

English · Paperback / Softback

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"The stories come from all over the world and represent many genres, such as parables, animal fables, historical fiction, fairy tales, and Christian fantasy. Definitely read these stories at Easter, but keep the book close and pull it out whenever you and your family need a reminder of the great Easter themes of transformation, reconciliation and the triumph of life over death."—National Catholic Register
Everyone who believes Easter is about more than bunnies and eggs will be grateful for this new collection of short stories that shed light on the deeper meaning of the season. Selected for their spiritual value and literary quality, these classic tales capture the spirit of Easter in a way that will captivate readers of all ages. Parents and grandparents will find that children love to hear these stories read aloud, year after year.
Easter Stories includes time-honored favorites from world-famous storytellers such as C.S. Lewis, Leo Tolstoy, Selma Lagerlof, Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Goudge, Maxim Gorky, Ruth Sawyer, and Walter Wangerin – as well as many you’ve never heard before. Illustrated with original woodcuts.


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Contents
1 The Easter Lily - Jane Tyson Clement
2 The Coming of the King - Laura E. Richards
3 How Donkeys Got the Spirit of Contradiction - André Trocmé
4 The Church of the Washing of the Feet - Alan Paton
5 Stories from the Cottonpatch Gospel - Clarence Jordan
6 Saint Veronica's Kerchief - Selma Lagerlöf
7 The Way to the Cross - Lew Wallace
8 Robin Redbreast - Selma Lagerlöf
9 The Atonement - Ludwig von Gerdtell
10 The Flaming Heart of Danko - Maxim Gorky
11 John - Elizabeth Goudge
12 The Legend of Christopherus - Hans Thoma
13 Robert of Sicily - Sara Cone Bryant
14 Two Old Men - Leo Tolstoy
15 The Golden Egg - Ivy Bolton
16 The Case of Rachoff - Karl Joseph Friedrich
17 The Deserted Mine - Ruth Sawyer
18 The Student - Anton Chekhov
19 A Dust Rag for Easter Eggs - Claire Huchet Bishop
20 The Barge-Master's Easter - J. W. Ooms
21 The Ragman - Walter Wangerin
22 Easter Under a Park Bench - Kirk Wareham
23 The Death of the Lizard - C. S. Lewis
24 Mary's Child - The Brothers Grimm
25 The King and Death - Ger Koopman
26 The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde
From The Everlasting Mercy - John Masefield
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Summary

"The stories come from all over the world and represent many genres, such as parables, animal fables, historical fiction, fairy tales, and Christian fantasy. Definitely read these stories at Easter, but keep the book close and pull it out whenever you and your family need a reminder of the great Easter themes of transformation, reconciliation and the triumph of life over death."—National Catholic Register
Everyone who believes Easter is about more than bunnies and eggs will be grateful for this new collection of short stories that shed light on the deeper meaning of the season. Selected for their spiritual value and literary quality, these classic tales capture the spirit of Easter in a way that will captivate readers of all ages. Parents and grandparents will find that children love to hear these stories read aloud, year after year.
Easter Stories includes time-honored favorites from world-famous storytellers such as C.S. Lewis, Leo Tolstoy, Selma Lagerlof, Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Goudge, Maxim Gorky, Ruth Sawyer, and Walter Wangerin – as well as many you’ve never heard before. Illustrated with original woodcuts.

Foreword

Focus on the spiritual meaning of the season with twenty-six short stories from some of the world’s great writers.

Additional text

A fresh offering, different from the many anthologies that already house the older works. Pastoral tales mix with urban tales, old with the new, European with American. This is a book to read aloud and savor, pulling it out each year to re-read old favorites and perhaps read a new story or two. Redeemed Reader

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