Easter Day Alphabet

Of more secular appeal, Easter Day Alphabet by Beverly Barras Vidrine, illus. by Alison Davis Lyne, reviews Easter customs and joins them to folk traditions. Letting ""F"" stand for ""food,"" for example, Vidrine notes that ham is popular on Easter and adds that ""a very long time ago, the pig was a symbol of wealth. Today piggy banks carry on this same idea."" With its spic-and-span children posed in their Easter best, the art makes no attempt to stay up to date.