Four Great Easter Books for Children Ages 0 to Preschool
Add something special to your little ones’ Easter basket with one of these adorable Easter books for children, ideal for toddlers to beginning readers!
No parent wants their children to have too much candy, which is why small gifts and trinkets are becoming more and more popular as Easter basket fillers. In addition to small toys, puzzles and games, books are a fantastic gift to give your child. And this year’s Easter titles from Harper Collins are some of the cutest yet!
Board Books
Big Chickie, Little Chickie (A Book of Opposites)
- written and illustrated by Janee Trasler
- Age Range: newborn – 4 years
- Grade Level: Preschool
- Hard cover: 24 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780062342317
From the Back Cover:
Chickies little, Chickies big.
Chickies wear a purple…pig!
Adorable chickies make learning opposites so much fun!
Review: The latest edition to the ever-popular Chickies series, babies and toddlers will have a blast learning about opposites with this adorable rhyming board book by Janee Trasler. Adorable chickies take precious photos and make learning so much fun. With a cheerful, puffy cover, bright, colorful illustrations, and bouncy rhymes, Chickies books are perfect for little children everywhere!
Chickies up.
Chickies down.
Chickies smile.
Chickies frown.
Clickety-CLICK! Chickies pose for a pic!
Five Little Bunnies
- written and illustrated by Tish Rabe
- Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
- Age Range: newborn – 4 years
- Grade Level: Preschool
- Hard cover: 16 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780062459442
From the Back Cover:
Celebrate Easter with the five little bunnies! Can you find all of the hidden eggs?
Review:
Five little bunnies went hippity hop.
The first bunny said, “We’re here! Let’s stop!”
Toddlers will love this new take on a classic rhyme! Five adorable bunnies hide cheerfully colored eggs that your child will love trying to find! This sturdy board book will captivate your littlest Easter cutie, and they’ll be asking you to read it again and again!
Picture Books
Splat the Cat and the Quick Chicks
- written and illustrated by Ron Scotton
- Age Range: 4 – 8 years
- Grade Level: Preschool – 3rd grade
- Hard cover: 32 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780062294258
From the Inside Jacket:
Splat’s class is taking care of chicken eggs for a project, and it’s Splat’s turn to take the eggs home to watch overnight. But while Splat is sleeping, the eggs hatch! He wakes up to a houseful of chicks. Chick’s in the bed, chicks by the clock, and even chick’s in the ivy plant. Splat tries to round up all of his fluffy friends, but they might be too quick to catch! Beginning readers will peep with joy in this silly Splat the Cat tale.
Review: Splat the Cat is back with another adventure your child will love in this soon to be classic I Can Read book! With bright illustrations and easy sentences for eager new readers, Splat the Cat is a book all kids will love!
The Happy Egg
- written by Ruth Krauss
- illustrated by Crockett Johnson
- Age Range: 4 – 8 years
- Grade Level: Preschool – 3rd grade
- Hard cover: 40 pages
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780062430311
From the Inside Jacket:
When a little bird is inside an egg, it cannot walk, it cannot sing, it cannot fly. All it can do is be sat on. But when the time is just right: Pop! – out it comes! And then a little bird can do almost anything!
With the same insightful simplicity of their classic The Carrot Seed, Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson celebrate the promise and confidence of little birds (and young children) everywhere.
Review: From Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson, the husband-and-wife team that created the timeless classic The Carrot Seed, comes another delightful story that parents and children can enjoy together: The Happy Egg. Now with a refreshed cover design, The Happy Egg is just right for the youngest of readers with its sparse text and simple pictures. Plus the storyline is ideal for interactive reading—parents can encourage their children to walk, sing, and fly just as the little bird does.
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