Reviews for Valentine's Day

The average rating for Valentine's Day based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-01-18 00:00:00 Mark Tyers I liked this book reasonably well. It was a nice way to honor the spring equinox. My daughter LOVED the Ostara myth at the end, which was the most "Pagan" part of it. My main complaint was when the author described ancient peoples in a condescending way, along the lines of "Of course today we know the days will get longer every year, but ancient people didn't know whether winter would end, so they had to have a festival and try to do magic to make the days get longer again." Um, yeah. They were ancient, not stupid. Also, I always feel a little ambivalent about conflating a whole bunch of holidays from different cultural contexts with each other.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-20 00:00:00 Kim Costantini Sweet, easy to understand, and covers a variety of earth-based as well as monotheistic points of view surrounding spring. :) I loved this precious book and the tale of Ostara in the back. It also includes fun activities!