Easter: With Words from the King James Bible

by Fiona French (Editor)

With words from the King James Bible and bold illustrations inspired by stained-glass cathedral windows, this holiday gift book offers the complete tale of Easter from Jesus' arrival into Jerusalem through His ascension into heaven.

Genres: Picture Books, Religion, Holiday

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2002

Reviews

[Luisa Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this!

Many families share the custom of reading the Resurrection story together at Easter. For those littles that love pictures while listening, this is a fantastic option! Words are taken from the King James Bible and illustrations are all beautiful scenes depicted like a cathedral’s stain glass windows. 

Ages: 3 - 10

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[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a picture book adaptation of the Passion of the Lord.

This picture book gives a simplified account of Christ’s Passion, featuring events from Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and Ascension.

The story uses the antiquated language of the King James Bible, which may be a struggle for some readers. Generally I prefer the King James text for the Nativity story, but I would have preferred modern English for this one. Reading it aloud, I stumbled over some of the phrasing. And since this is an abbreviated version anyway, exact quotes in old fashioned language don’t really add anything.

The illustrations are done in the style of stained glass windows and very lovely.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was enjoyable. The stained-glass-like illustrations are what make the book.
I enjoyed her book Bethlehem much more than this one. Its story flows better with the narrative it is trying to cover.

[Set · Rating 3 out of 5]

Far be it from me to rate a Christian book siting the Bible lowly. But...the thing is that, I found it rather strange that the angels are wearing pink and salmon, also, their faces are hella creepy.

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of the crucification of Jesus is told through beautiful stained-glass illustrations and text from the King James Bible.

[Michael Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than her Bethlehem.

[Haley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple telling using actual Bible verses of the Passion with beautiful stained glass inspired pictures. Lovely and age appropriate.

[Alexandra]

tis the season

[Marcy · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautiful artwork

[Magda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed this book with its illustrations calling to mind both stained glass windows and Byzantine icons. The colors and shapes serve to illustrate the words quite well, and, of course, nothing beats the story itself.

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations are beautiful stained glass-like. The king James language might be a bit difficult for small children with its "even" for evening and other words like "cometh, sayest, saith, ye, thou," and it's overall formality that children might not be accustomed to.

[Katrina Tangen · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars. The stained-glass style illustrations are great (although sometimes the faces look a little odd). The text is taken from the bible--apparently there are two versions, one with King James and one with RSV (which is the one I have). I think it could use a little more connecting material. It feels a bit disjointed and I think if you didn't know the story, you might be a little confused. Also, at the last supper, it includes Jesus saying of the bread "take, eat; this is my body," but then of the wine just says "drink," nothing about it being his blood. So it seems like a line was left out or something. But, overall, it's a beautiful Easter book.

[Clwseattle · Rating 3 out of 5]

As an adult, I really quite enjoyed Fiona French's version of Easter with its illustrations inspired by cathedral stained glass windows and gospel according to the King James Bible.

That said, I think it would be difficult to keep a young child's attention with its formal writing, with the exception of

"And they crucified him."

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