Journey to the Cross: The Complete Easter Story for Young Readers

by Helen C. Haidle

Finally … a book that features all the events of the last week of Jesus’ life and resurrection in chronological order.Well-known children’s author, Helen Haidle, brings together a day by day recount of the last week of Jesus’ life—his death, resurrection and all of the events following his resurrection, including his ascension and the pouring out of his Spirit at Pentecost Journey to the Cross helps 6- to 12-year-olds understand WHO Jesus is and WHAT he has done for them. Young readers will ? Details of the culture and customs of the First Century ? How Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah ? All the events of Jesus’ passion and resurrection ? What Jesus’ sacrifice means to them todayAlso included in each ? References from the four Gospel accounts ? Questions for discussion ? A Scripture memory verse ? Personal application to every childYou and your child will be moved by the bold and intense artwork of father and son team, David Haidle and Paul Haidle, as it portrays the emotion and drama of Jesus’ most important journey. This year give your child the gift of Easter in Journey to the Cross!

Genres: Christian, Childrens

Hardcover

First published February 1, 2001

About the author

Helen Haidle is an award-winning author of more than 30 children’s books including What Would Jesus Do?, What Did Jesus Promise?, and He is Alive. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband David.

Reviews

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great family read- beginning with Palm Sunday to the Resurrection, this book includes great historical and prophetic Biblical information.

[Bailey Marissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good recounting of the Easter story for younger readers.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good read aloud with my four-year-old boy. It’s definitely written for older children, but my son enjoyed having me read it to him and I think he took a few things from it. We began reading on Ash Wednesday and finished two days after Resurrection Sunday. Overall, the book did a decent job of staying accurate to Scripture. There were some details added to the biblical narratives, but it seemed these elements were in general at least plausible. In 37 chapters, this book tells of events in Jesus’ life from Palm Sunday to Pentecost in Acts 2. Each chapter has three pages of text, a two page full-color spread, two pages of special topics, and 3 review/application questions.

[Heather Warriner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a classic case of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” By the looks of it, this is a mediocre children’s storybook Bible. But we were blessed this Lenten season to spend time in its pages, reading familiar stories while gaining new insight into the culture and time period of Jesus’ years on earth.

[JK Fultz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have enjoyed this book so much - I’m an adult and I think it’s a wonderful Easter Heart Prep.