ISBN 0824953614 - With a pile of Easter books on hand, it's time to get through them and this is as good a time as any! The cover illustration is soooo much like the only other book I've read by this author that I have to think that Hallinan is one of those extraordinarily limited illustrators.
A brother and sister wake up on Easter morning and go through their routine holiday plans, from finding their baskets and hunting for eggs to dressing from church and watching the parade. The day is spent with family and friends.
To get the warnings out of the way - for the non-believers, this is a Christian book, with all the religious trappings of the holiday. They don't talk about the dead guy coming back to life, but they do go to church, pray and say grace. For those whose religions are sexist, you'll probably want to pass this one up: there's a female pastor. And, for the puritanical folks, there's one illustration of the kids, as they're dressing, in their underclothes. Anyone who finds any of that to be a problem isn't going to want this book. Normal people, read on.
The text is in rhyme and, although it flows mostly smoothly, the cadence feels a little off. Sometimes the rhyme is ABCB (the second and fourth lines rhyme) and sometimes it's AA (each line rhymes); this is a little awkward, to me. The illustrations are cute and colorful, but they look like every illustration I've ever seen from author/illustrator P.K. Hallinan. Kudos to Hallinan, however, on the ethnic diversity in the images - not only is the pastor a woman, but the crowd at the church is made up of people of differing backgrounds.
- AnnaLovesBooks
A brother and sister wake up on Easter morning and go through their routine holiday plans, from finding their baskets and hunting for eggs to dressing from church and watching the parade. The day is spent with family and friends.
To get the warnings out of the way - for the non-believers, this is a Christian book, with all the religious trappings of the holiday. They don't talk about the dead guy coming back to life, but they do go to church, pray and say grace. For those whose religions are sexist, you'll probably want to pass this one up: there's a female pastor. And, for the puritanical folks, there's one illustration of the kids, as they're dressing, in their underclothes. Anyone who finds any of that to be a problem isn't going to want this book. Normal people, read on.
The text is in rhyme and, although it flows mostly smoothly, the cadence feels a little off. Sometimes the rhyme is ABCB (the second and fourth lines rhyme) and sometimes it's AA (each line rhymes); this is a little awkward, to me. The illustrations are cute and colorful, but they look like every illustration I've ever seen from author/illustrator P.K. Hallinan. Kudos to Hallinan, however, on the ethnic diversity in the images - not only is the pastor a woman, but the crowd at the church is made up of people of differing backgrounds.
- AnnaLovesBooks
