'The Birds' Gift' - Read and Rise April 2022
Easter is one week away and so it is the perfect time to read "The Birds' Gift: A Ukrainian Easter Story" by Eric Kimmel and Katya Krenina. This story is a folktale explaining the origin of the beautiful Ukrainian Easter eggs, pysanky. In the tale, winter comes early and a flock of golden birds nearly freezes in the snow until a little girl discovers them and recruits help to rescue them. The entire village shelters the birds in their houses and church all winter. Then on Easter, the villagers are astonished to find beautifully decorated eggs everywhere - it is a gift from the birds! Ever since that spring, people have made pysanky to honor the birds' gift.
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Featured Story: "The Birds' Gift: A Ukrainian Easter Story" by Eric Kimmel and Katya Krenina
Activity: Create your own pysanky! Making real pysanky involves a lot of time and special tools, but everyone can draw their own pysanky decorations! (But if you would like to make real pysanky, Ukrainian EggCessories has some great beginner kits.)
Kinderart has a great tutorial for Drawing Pysanky.
For some detailed information about the meaning behind symbols and colors used on pysanky, check out these references:
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