This collection of stories, legends and folk tales reflects the season around Easter and early summer. The stories are arranged in four parts, following the cycle of seasonal festivals, including Ascension and Whitsun. There are stories by the Grimm brothers, Tolstoy, Chekhov and Lagerloef. The compilation contains over thirty stories, with clear age indicators for each of them.

 

There are 240 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2001 by Floris Books .

Ineke Verschuren is also the author of The Christmas Storybook and The Easter Storybook. Daniela Drescher was born in Munich and trained in art therapy. She has worked with children for ten years and is an illustrator for a parenting magazine. She is the author of In the Land of Fairies, In the Land of Elves, In the Land of Merfolk, The Elves' Big Adventure, What's Hiding in There?, Merlina and the Magic Spell, Little Fairy's Christmas, Little Fairy Can't Sleep and Lily the Little Princess (all Floris Books).

This book has the following chapters: Holy week: The Entry into Jerusalem, From the Gospel of Matthew Jesus Washes Hid Desciples' Feet, From the Gospel of John Robin Redbreast, Selma Lagerloef (From 9 Years) Saint Veronice, Selma Lagerloef (From 12 Years) The Student, Anton Chekhov (From 12 Years) Easter: The Juniper Tree, Brothers Grimm (From 5 Years) The Donkey, Brothers Grimm (From 5 Years) The Children of Queen Dora, A Spanish story (From 6 years) The Princess and the Prince Hare, A Spanish folk tale (From 6 years) The 3 Hares, A Hindu legend (From 7 years) The Saint and the Mountain Spirit, Maja Muntz-Koundoury (From 10 years) The Barge-Master's Easter J. W. Ooms (From 12 years) The Crystal Ball, Brothers Grimm (From 12 years) The Candle, Leo Tolstoy (From 12 years) The easter Grace, Werner Bergengruen (From 14 years) The Resurrection, From the Gospel of Luke Kira Kiralina, A Romanian folk tale (From 6 years) Kaschey the Deathless, Alexander Afanasiev (From 7 years) The Water of Life, Alexander Afanasiev (From 7 years) the Two Old Men, Leo Tolstoy (From 12 years) The Devil and the Ploughman, Ernst Wiechert (From 13 years) Sister Amelia, Gerhard Klein (From 14 years) From Easter To Pentecost: Offerus the Giant, Jakob Streit (From 6 years) Busy Lizzy of Clausthal, Karl Paetow (from 7 years: Guracasca, A Romanian folk tale (From 7 years) The Three Poppies, A Spanish folk tale (From 7 years) The Legend of the Hidden Icon, Anne-Monike Glasow (From 12 years) Pentecost, Acts of the Apostles Midsummer, Feast of ST John: The Six Swans, Brothers Grimm (From 5 years) The Gnome, A Swiss folk talk (From 5 years) The Goose-Girl, Brothers Grimm (from 6 years) The Journey to the Sun, A Slovak folk tale (From 7 years) Maroa Roseta, A Spanish Folk Tale (From 7 years) The Swan Prince, Jenna Oterdahl (From 8 years) The Fire-Flower, Maja Muntz-Koundoury(from 9 years) Faithful John, Brothers Grimm (From 9 Years)