Lent, Easter & Pentecost
Resource Books
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• Make Room: A Child's Guide to Lent and Easter
Paraclete Press, 2016
Brewster, Massachusetts
Invites children to experience lent as a time of welcome and getting ready, with parallels with Jesus' life; how to make room for more of Jesus. -
A Lent Sourcebook: The Forty Days
Book One: Ash Wednesday to the Monday of the Third Week of Lent
Liturgy Training Publications, 1990
Lent I and Lent II are now in one volume
Rich resource for both worship preparation and private devotion with texts from Scripture and poetry, hymns and homilies, letters and fiction, folklore and liturgy, with selections about conversion, repentance, renewal, rebirth, mystery and eternity.Purchase from Liturgy Training Publications
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A Lent Sourcebook: The Forty Days
Book Two: Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent to Holy Thursday
Liturgy Training Publications, 1990
Lent I and Lent II are now in one volume
Rich resource for both worship preparation and private devotion with texts from Scripture and poetry, hymns and homilies, letters and fiction, folklore and liturgy, with selections about conversion, repentance, renewal, rebirth, mystery and eternity.Purchase from Liturgy Training Publications
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• Lilies, Rabbits, and Painted Eggs: The Story of the Easter Symbols
Houghton Mifflin, 1970, new edition 2001
New York, New York
Older elementary children
Everything about the season and the day: Christian customs and folk traditions, nicely illustratedPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Our Family Easter Book
Lion Publishing
Abingdon Press, 1987
London, United Kingdom
Nashville, Tennessee
Good information, nicely presented and illustrated, with activities and recipes, tooPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Decorating Easter Eggs
Hearthsong, 1998
Many ideas for decorating eggs, some easy and others more challenging; some traditional and others not.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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• The Easter Craft Book
Floris Books, 1993
European book with wonderful projects for Spring—Palm Sunday, Easter, Pentecost.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Easter Make & Do: Craft ideas which bring the story of Easter to life
Barnabas, Bible Reading Fellowship, 2004
Crafts, with complete directions and patterns, and stories for Holy Week and Easter; complete instructions and photosPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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• Pancakes & Painted Eggs: A book for Easter and all the days of the Year
Hodder and Stoughton, 1981
Elementary age and up
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• A Time of Hope: Family Celebrations and Activities for Lent and Easter
Morehouse-Barlow Co., 1979
Many practices and customs for celebrating these two seasonsPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Easter: A Spring Celebration of Traditional Crafts and Recipes
Simon & Schuster, 1994
New York, New York
Large format with beautiful photographs: background on the season with recipes, egg decorating ideas, gifts, flowers and more; with templates and diagrams for projectsPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Lent and Easter in the Domestic Church
Domestic Church Communications Ltd., 2001
Waba, Ontario, Canada
Family activities and crafts for the two seasons; many patterns included.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Things to Make & Do for Lent & Easter: Creative Activities for Children's Ministry
Bridge Resources, 1998
Louisville, Kentucky
Good resource for wide variety of activities. Detailed instructions.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Easter Eggs by the Dozens! Fun and Creative Egg-Decorating Projects for All Ages!
Storey Communications, Inc., 1993
Pownal, Vermont
Multiple suggestions row decorating with wax, dye, etching & scratching, painting & printing, glue-ons, cut-aways and more; basic information and symbolism included -
• Arts and Crafts for Lent: From Mardi Gras to Passiontide with Prayers and Blessings for Family, School and Church
Paulist Press, 1997
Good background, practical help, activity suggestions which go beyond the familiar. Excellent. -
A Triduum Sourcebook
Liturgy Training Publications, 1883
Rich resource for both worship preparation and private devotion with texts from Scripture and poetry, hymns and homilies, letters and fiction, folklore and liturgy; for Holy Thursday through Easter Vigil.Purchase from Liturgy Training Publications
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An Easter Sourcebook: The Fifty Days
Liturgy Training Publications, 1988
Rich resource for both worship preparation and private devotion with texts from Scripture and poetry, hymns and homilies, letters and fiction, folklore and liturgy. Themes for each week: Creation, Table, Ark, Pasture, Garden, Palace and Temple, plus Pentecost.Purchase from Liturgy Training Publications
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• An Illustrated Lent for Families: Reflections on Giving
2020
Racine, Wisconsin
$9.99
Downloadable resource
Weekly devotionals, activity and coloring pages for families to use during Lent. Earlier themes, still available are Prayer and Fasting.Purchase from Illustrated Ministry
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What We Do in Lent: A Child's Activity Book
Morehouse Publishing, 2007
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania/New York, New York
Ages 7-9
Activities—puzzles, connect the dots, word finds, mazes, and more—help children discover the true meaning of Lent. With more than 40 activities the book can form the basis for family devotional time.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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The Passover Celebration: A Haggadah for the Seder
Liturgy Training Publications, 1980, revised 2001
Comprehensive introduction to the Seder for Christians who wish to understand or observe an authentic Seder; music includedPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Easter Garland: A Vivid Tapestry of Customs, Traditions, Symbolism, Folklore, History, Legend, and Story
Chilton Books, 1963
There is a newer edition from Omnigraphics (1999)
A lot of background on the history and customs of the seasonPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Eggs Beautiful: How to Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs
Ukrainian Gift Shop, 1975
Roseville, Minnesota
Introduction to Ukrainian eggs by the family that brought Ukrainian egg-making to the US. Information about history, symbols and more with designs and complete instructions. Supplies are also available from the Ukrainian Gift Shop, along with 6 design books.Purchase from Ukrainian Gift Shop
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The Family Easter Book: Stories, features, crafts and activities for all the family
Lion Publishing, 1993
London, United Kingdom
Information about Easter, the Passion, Good Friday and more, with recipes and activities and customs from around the worldPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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• Making Pretzels (Viking Little Chef Series)
Viking Penguin, 1986
Delightful little book shows children how to make pretzelsPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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• Forty Days and Forty Nights: A Lenten Ark Moving toward Easter
Liturgy Training Publications, 1999
Basic scripture stories, information and prayer for each day; both OT & NT stories; Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday.Purchase from Liturgy Training Publications
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• The Garden of the Good Shepherd: Sticker Calendar to count the fifty days of Easter
Liturgy Training Publications, 2001
Reusable sticker calendar for the 50 days of Easter, booklet to help use the stickers and information on Easter stories and the Scripture images on the stickersPurchase from Liturgy Training Publications
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Easter is Coming! Lenten Celebrations for the Family
Winston Press, 1981
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A story, family sharing exercise, activity and prayer for each of the forty daysPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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• Bible Stories for the 40 Days
Liturgy Training Publications, 1999
A Bible story for each day from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday. Companion to above ark.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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• Family Countdown to Easter: A Day-by-Day Celebration
Augsburg Publishing House, 1998
Now available for Kindle
A custom or Bible story and an activity—recipes, crafts, etc—are given for each day from Ash Wednesday to Easter; includes sticker picture calendar.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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• Before and After Easter: Activities and Ideas for Lent to Pentecost
Augsburg Publishing House, 1992
There is a newer edition available for Kindle
Bible verse, reflection, activity for each Lenten day and each week in Easter. Good variety and lots of ideas.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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An Easter People: Family Devotional Activities for Lent and Easter
Augsburg Publishing House, 1986
History and traditions, Bible readings, prayer thoughts and ideas for creative family activity are offered for each of nine weeks of Lent and Easter; weekly themes taken from the fruits of the spiritPurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Ukrainian Easter Egg Design Book 2
Ukrainian Gift Shop, 1986
St. Paul, Minnesota
Complete instructions and designs for 24 eggs; color photo illustrations for all eggsPurchase from Ukrainian Gift Shop
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Ukrainian Easter Egg Design Book 3
Ukrainian Gift Shop, 1995
St. Paul, Minnesota
Complete instructions for traditional and unique design eggs; insert with color diagrams for each eggPurchase from Ukrainian Gift Shop
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Ukrainian Design Book: Book 1
Ukrainian Gift Shop, 1986
St. Paul, Minnesota
Detailed instructions to make 24 Ukrainian egg designs; black and white, all eggs pictured in color on book coversPurchase from Ukrainian Gift Shop
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Decorating Eggs: Exquisite Designs with Wax & Dye
Sterling Publishing Company, 1996
New York, New York
An introduction to making traditional Ukrainian eggs -
What Wondrous Love: Devotions for the Home; Lent, Holy Week, Easter
Augsburg Fortress, 1996
Meditation, hymn, prayer and activity for each week with daily readings. Rich resource for both seasons.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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• First Festivals: Easter Crafts, Stories, Facts
Lion Publishing, 1999
Begins with Shrove Tuesday and pancakes and goes through to Easter with traditional and new ideas for celebrating. Beautifully illustrated, large-format book. Ideas to deepen understanding Christian heritage.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Easter (Festivals Series)
Hodder Wayland, Hodder Children's Books, 1997
Tells about Lent and Easter traditions in different parts of the world; for elementary agePurchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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Palm Weaving: The Story . . . and the Art
St. Francis Studios, 1999
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Booklet, guidesheets and video available
Everything about palm weaving—simple and very complex projectsPurchase from Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls
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Ukrainian Easter: Traditions, Customs and Recipes
Ukrainian Heritage Company, 1983
Munster, Indiana
Valuable source of information with traditions, songs, both Krashanky and Pysanky Easter eggs, and many recipes for Easter and Lent. There is a very handy page to duplicate and make step-by-step egg designs.Purchase from amazon.com
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• Festive Breads of Easter
Herald Press, 1980
Scottsdale, Pennsylvania
Delightful little book with traditional Easter bread recipes from around the world: Ukraine, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Czechoslovakia and Mexico; recipes for Shrove Tuesday from Germany, Poland, British Isles and Sweden. All are given with little illustrations and family stories.Purchase from amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
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