The Story of the Cross: The Stations of the Cross for Children

by Mary Joslin

Book Overview

The Stations of the Cross is a traditional way of exploring the Easter story, telling of the last walk that Jesus took to the cross and the people whom he encountered on the way. The walk is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0829418199
• ISBN13: 9780829418194
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Loyola Press
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The story of the cross: The stations of the cross for children

This book is excellent. Being a teacher I found it helps children understand, at their level, the steps, reasons & what happened along the way. Good language and images to keep the attention to detail for all ages.

Faithful to the tradition while exciting for the little ones

This book was integral to a Stations of the Cross service for the children. The prayers and readings are perfect for children to read to a group and pray together. I would add a walking prayer between stations--we used Holy God, Holy & Mighty, Holy Immortal One. St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Kennewick, WA has a traditional solemn Stations service on Good Friday. When we've tried to involve the children the service has proven too long and boring. Our goal this Lenten season was to create a Stations of the Cross service that lasts around 15 minutes and has simple prayers and readings. We wanted the material to be accessible and meaningful to the children while being faithful to the traditional service for the adults. The pictures also helped as the bas relief images on the wall can be cryptic for the little ones. This book compresses and simplifies the service. It held the children's attention from start to finish. We plan to re-use next year.

Great Find, a Real Gem

Our 5 1/2 yr olds love this book. The pictures are colorful and interesting as well as moving. The text brings the stations of the cross to them in a way they can really understand but doesn't dumb it down. It makes Easter more meaningful to them and generates discussion about Jesus. It is a great book for the whole family, really.

Stations of the cross - great for any age

I used this book to present the stations of the cross for an art project during a palm saturday event for grades K - 5 (Episcopal). We read the book, discussed the prayer and either a child or a couple kids picked a station. They made cement stepping stones inlaid with colored glass for a lenten meditation garden with the prayers. It's a simple, beautiful book with a powerful message for all ages. Worth its wieght in gold.

The Story of the Cross: The Stations of the Cross for Childr

As a kindergarten teacher in a Catholic School, I was looking for a book on this level to use with my class when we went to church to follow the Station of the Cross. I was extremely pleased with this one! The story of Jesus is explained in appropriate language for young children and the heartfelt prayers to be said at each station reflect the needs of children in this age group. The illustrations are beautiful,drawing on our emotions without being too graphic. The story includes the joy of Easter. I will use this book for many years, even with my own young children.