“There was an old lady who started to hop. She jumped up and down and just wouldn’t stop. As she skipped down the trail on a day that was sunny, guess who she met — the Easter Bunny!”
– There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick!
Story time in our house, the past two weeks, has been full of fluffy white bunnies, colorful eggs, jellybeans, baskets, and baby chicks. Easter must be right around the corner. π We love reading books about different holidays…the stories provide a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about (and experience) all of the different ways that people love to celebrate!
How do you like to celebrate Easter with your family? My husband and I have always enjoyed getting creative with our Easter egg dying and decorations…and now that our little nugget is old enough, we love watching her excitement and determination as she hunts for Easter eggs! And let’s not forget the fun-filled Easter baskets!
When I look back on my childhood Easter celebrations, I fondly remember racing my older brother around the house, in our quest to find all of the Easter eggs (that we had lovingly dyed, of course) that our mom had expertly hidden. We were always treated to a candy-filled Easter basket, complete with a chocolate bunny. And our mom always made sure to throw in a mixed-bag of jellybeans…knowing full well that she would become the lucky owner of all of the black jellybeans, because we hated the taste of black licorice, and it was her favorite flavor. Sneaky, sneaky. π There were a few years of uncomfortable frilly pink Easter dresses (and hats too)…but for the most part, our Easter celebrations were always about family fun and delicious food!
I was delighted to find some wonderful Easter stories, that highlighted some of my favorite childhood Easter traditions, that I could share with our little nugget. Keep reading to discover our favorite Easter books for this year!
Easter Books (2018)
- Happy Easter, Curious George by Margret & H.A. Rey
- The man with the yellow hat takes George to the park on Easter, where George gets to participate in a variety of fun Easter activities…from egg rolling races, basket-making, feeding the Easter Bunny, coloring eggs…and so on. Everything is going smoothly until the Easter Bunny disappears, and all of the Easter eggs go missing from the Easter egg hunt. Is the curious little monkey the culprit? Pick up a copy of the book to find out!
- Little Bunny’s Easter Surprise by Jeanne Modesitt
- Little Bunny is so excited when she wakes up on Easter morning. She loves her chocolate-filled Easter basket, from Mama and Papa. But she is even more excited to give her family the very special Easter baskets that she made for them. And as the day comes to a close, Little Bunny finds one more Easter surprise waiting under her pillow! This cute book also includes a set of simple instructions, detailing how to make your own Easter basket for somebody special.
- The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown
- This sweet Easter tale is written by one of everybody’s favorite children’s book authors (she’s most famous for writingΒ Goodnight Moon). This just might be our favorite Easter book this year – it’s such a cute and heartwarming story! Follow along as a lonely little bunny discovers a noisy little egg. What’s inside? He tries everything he can think of, to get the egg to open, but only tires himself out. As he sleeps, a little yellow duck hatches. The duck is confused by the sleeping bunny, and goes to great lengths to wake him up. He’s excited to meet his new friend.
- Ollie’s Easter Eggs by Olivier Dunrea
- This cute Easter installment in the best-selling Gossie&Friends book series, has all of the friends wondering what happened to their colored Easter eggs. They search high and low, until they find that Ollie (who is donning a pair of bunny ears) has carefully wrapped all of their Easter eggs up, into one big Easter present!
- How to Catch the Easter Bunny by Adam Wallace
- Our little nugget loved reading How to Catch a Leprechaun for St. Patrick’s Day, so naturally, we had to snag this book from our local library, to read for the Easter holiday! The Easter Bunny is busy leaving plenty of treats, so that no children will be sad. But when the kids see that he’s escaped their clever bunny traps, they will all be hopping mad. π
- The Biggest Easter Basket Ever by Steven Kroll
- From the author of The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, follow along as friends Clayton and Desmond attempt to win a brand new challenge…to build the biggest Easter basket ever! Who will win? Can they complete the feat on their own? Will they succeed? Do you think that you could create the biggest Easter Basket ever?
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick! by Lucille Colandro
- We just can’t get enough of the crazy old lady who swallows everything. She just made our list of St. Patrick’s Day favorites, and now she’s back at it again! This time she’s swallowing all things Easter…from straw and eggs, to jellybeans and baskets. Where will her journey end this time? Who will she meet along the way? You will just have to read the story, to find out!
Do your kiddos have a favorite Easter book? I would love to hear about it in the comments below!
HAPPY EASTER!
