Easter Stories: Classic Tales for the Holy Season - Softcover

Lewis, C.S.; Tolstoy, Leo; Lagerlöf, Selma; Wilde, Oscar; Goudge, Elizabeth; Gorky, Maxim; Paton, Alan; Thoma, Hans; Trocmé, André; Colum, Padraic; Sawyer, Ruth; Wangerin, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874865980 ISBN 13: 9780874865981

Publisher: Plough Publishing House, 2015

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

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

Review:

The tales collected in Easter Stories: Classic Tales for the Holy Season don’t always mention Jesus, nor even the usual tropes like sunlight and springtime. But each reveal a particular melody of the Easter story. The lovingly crafted volume, edited by Miriam LeBlanc and published by Plough, features original woodcuts by Lisa Toth for each tale.... Reading these Easter tales invites our own stories to be shaped, too, by the Story, for our own hearts to thaw and for our imaginations to be steeped in the waters of resurrection. --Tessa Carman, Mere Orthodoxy

This thoughtfully curated collection is remarkable for its range and breadth. 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

About this edition

• Publisher: Plough Publishing House
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0874865980
• ISBN 13: 9780874865981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 383