Explores the story behind Easter celebrations and looks at the history, beliefs, customs and traditions. It also gives brief information about the Jewish festival of Passover. It provides an unbiased and detailed description of the Easter story and its traditions as interpreted by various Christian groups around the world. The information is enhanced and well supported with attractive photographs. Teachers can share this book with very young students, whilst older students can use it independently.
Text is balanced and good use is made of colour photographs, drawings, diagrams and fact boxes.
Simple activities and recipes are also included for teachers to use in the classroom. They find a chocolate Easter egg which they eat, only to find that the postman delivered it to the wrong house. Paperback version also available. An Australian Easter egg story from the outback, this picture book has delightful, detailed illustrations. The story line is simple, though contrived and suggests the replacement of the inappropriate Easter bunny by the endangered Australian bilby.