The cross in the egg

Occasionally, unexpectedly, someone comes along who causes us to re-examine a component of cherished lore, and by so doing invites us to rethink our beliefs. Sometimes we are forced to relinquish an idea or a symbol that we had held dear; but time and again, happily, we are granted a prism through which a universal icon is given new meaning. So it is with Shirley Taylor’s twist on the Easter Bunny story.

Taylor has recast the Easter Bunny as Rabbit, who retells the Easter story in a child-friendly way. By so doing, the author prepares young children for key gospel concepts.