A Classic Easter Tale Still Enchants

A young girl dreams of a magical journey on a fawn in a picture book that’s a holiday favorite

Cover of “A Tale for Easter” / Credit: Simon & Schuster

A Tale for Easter may be the closest we have to an Easter counterpart to The Polar Express.

First published in 1941 by Oxford University Press, this classic picture book by the Boston-born Tasha Tudor (1915–2008) has…