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Easter

From The World's Best Poetry, by Bliss Carman and John R. Howard

This reader retells the Easter story as told through poetry in The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10, compiled by Bliss Carman and John R. Howard in the nineteenth century. The collection draws from hymns and poems by Charles Wesley, Horatius Bonar, Phillips Brooks, George Herbert, and Christina Rossetti. This is a sacred-text story from the Christian tradition, told as narrative and literary history. The Easter story has shaped art, music, and literature for two thousand years, and children meet it here as part of the great tradition of storytelling. This text reflects its era.

Band

Purple · Pre-readers and first readersTypical starting range: ages 4–5

Length

short · about 355 words in 4 sections · 4 pictures

Source

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10: Poetical Quotations, Bliss Carman and John R. Howard

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (6 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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