Peter's First Easter
Author:
Walter Wangerin
Illustrator:
Tim Ladwig
Publication:
2000 by Zondervan Publishing House
Genre:
Bible Stories, Picture Books
Pages:
48
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Jesus has forgiven me. Three times I hurt him, and he took the hurt, and he went down to death with it. When he rose from the dead, the hurt was gone. And when I was so sorry for what I did, he came and loved me three times back again— and now I have so much of his love that I can love you just like Jesus! Forgiveness! We are both forgiven!
With simple, poignant prose, renowned storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. shows us the wonder of God's forgiveness through Peter's earthly relationship with Jesus.
Beautifully illustrated by Timothy Ladwig's luminous paintings, this companion volume to the best-selling Mary's First Christmas is ideal for parents and grandparents to read aloud to the children they love. Peter's First Easter brings the true meaning of the Crucifixion and Resurrection vibrantly alive—and builds a family tradition with everlasting significance.
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Walter Wangerin
1944 -American
Walter Wangerin, Jr., was born in Portland, Oregon. He received a master's degree in English and did graduate studies in medieval English literature... See more
Tim Ladwig
1952 -The summer after graduating from high school in 1970, I worked at Communication Arts Associates (CAA) as a graphic designer and illustrator. The follo... See more
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Peter's First Easter
Reviewed by Théa Rosenburg
Despite Wangerin’s use of past tense, there is an urgency to both the language and the illustrations that brings the story near to us, the readers. Tim Ladwig respectfully avoids showing Jesus’s face and uses unusual perspectives—strong diagonal compositions, showing characters in profile or from above—to achieve a sense of inclusion: as the crowd thrust their fists in the air, screaming, “Crucify him!”, the people are depicted at such an angle that we seem to be standing among them with our own fists in the air....
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