25 Favorite Easter Books for Kids (Christian and Secular)
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What Easter books should you read aloud to kids around Easter time? Discover the most recommended board books and picture books, both Christian and secular, that your kids will love to read.
Even better, give a book as one of your child’s Easter basket stuffers! Or, choose a book about spring!Â
Easter is a religious spring holiday that Christians celebrate to remember Jesus’s resurrection day.
Throughout the years, it’s also become a secular holiday with spring-related traditions of the Easter bunny, egg hunts, chocolates, baby animals, Easter baskets, and dying colorful eggs. My kids love dying eggs. Every year, we try to do a different dying and coloring methods.Â
Along with all the fun Easter activities, you will also want to read Easter books.
Easter Books Table of Contents
Christian Easter Books for Kids
Ready, Set Find EASTERÂ
Learn the basic Biblical Easter story, then find the hidden items on each page. For example, when Jesus has supper with his friends, you’ll look for a sack, candle, bread, grapes, cat, cat, head covering, and a pitcher and cup. Large, sturdy tabs help little fingers turn each page. Vibrant art plus a well-summarized story.
The Easter Story by Patricia Pingry
We read this Easter book for kids when my children were little. It shares some basic information about Jesus’ life as well as his death and resurrection. It’s a kid-friendly introduction to Jesus in a sturdy board book. Even simpler is The Story of Easter by the same author.
Resurrection Eggs 12-Piece Easter Egg Set with Religious Figurines Inside
Come Celebrate Easter Sticker & Activity Book (The Beginner’s Bible) by Zonerkidz
I really love the Beginner’s Bible series and this full-color sticker book is fantastic for its kid-friendly language and illustrations. Kids get to read, color, take quizzes, answer questions, write, and use stickers to interact with the Easter story starting with Jesus going to Jerusalem. Related to this is The Beginner’s Bible, The Very First Easter.
The Easter Story for Children by Max Lucado
I haven’t read this myself, but it looks like an illustrated retelling of the Easter story meant for children ages 5 and up.
Easter Love Letters from God by Glenys Nellist, illustrated by Sophie Allsopp
Each section tells part of the Easter story, shares a Bible verse, and has a lift-the-flap letter from God to you, the reader. It’s designed for families to read each of the seven sections, one per day, the week before Easter.
God Gave Us Easter by Lisa Tawn Bergren, illustrated by Laura J. Bryant
Papa Bear explains to the cubs in general terms why Easter is part of a bigger story that reminds readers of God’s forever love and relates the Christian story to secular traditions. It’s a long story that may work better for older kids.
The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story by Mike Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
The cubs Sunday School teacher lets them watch cubs in another class performing The Easter Story play to remind them about the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection. You might also like The Berenstain Bears Easter Fun Sticker & Activity Book.
Secular Easter Books for Kids
 
Where Are Baby’s Easter Eggs by Karen Katz
Babies and toddlers will love helping find Baby’s Easter eggs by lifting the flaps. Can you find the eggs? A favorite interactive, colorful Easter board book!
Countdown to Easter by Greg Paprocki
Get ready for Easter with this counting backward and search and find book. Each day includes an Easter activity like a spoon race and something to find, like 6 red flowers. Greg Paprocki always has the most enchanting illustrations in his sturdy board books, don’t you think?
Hoppy Floppy’s Carrot Hunt
Help Hoppy Floppy and her friends find her colorful carrots for her basket by lifting the flap. This book pairs well with the Hoppy Floppy Happy Hunt game.
Eggs Are Everywhere illustrated by Wednesday Kirwan
Find the eggs but before you turn the wheel and lift the flap, guess which flap it’s under. Appealing earthy colors and interactive elements.
The Easter Bunny’s Assistant by Jan Thomas
This is a silly Easter picture book story about how to help the Easter Bunny dye eggs — and survive Skunk’s stinky smells. If your readers like hilarious and silly books, they’ll love this Easter story!
TOMY Toomies Hide and Squeak Eggs – Educational Shape Sorter Toy – Suitable From 6 Months
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
Hoppi is excited to decorate his first-ever Easter egg. He searches for an amazing idea but isn’t sure what to do. Unexpectedly, a blue robin’s egg falls out of its nest. Hoppi takes care of it until the bird hatches. The Easter Bunny loves Hoppi’s kindness and decides the empty blue shell to be the best Easter egg of the year. Gorgeous illustrations!
Egg by Kevin Henkes
It’s not specifically about Easter but this is a lovely, sweet, beautiful, and heart-warming story about an egg. Henkes uses soft pastel colors, repetitive illustrations, and repetition of words to tell the story of an unexpected egg that hatches late, doesn’t fit in, and then, . . . does! Egg’s compellingly beautiful message is a must-read story about acceptance.
The Easter Egg Farm by Mary Jane Auch
We love this story about a unique hen named Pauline. When she’s laying an egg, it becomes the pattern of whatever she is looking at. For example, the sky, a ladybug, and a quilt pattern. One day, a lady asks for lots of Pauline’s eggs for an Easter egg hunt. She and Miss Pennywort go on field trips to get inspiration. But the eggs they’ve been saving start to hatch! Now there are baby chicks everywhere. What will they do?
P. Zonka Lays an Egg by Julie Paschkis
Colorful, eye-catching Ukrainian-inspired artwork bursts off the pages of this Easter book. P. Zonka is a hen who appreciates nature more than laying eggs. When she does lay an egg, its designs reflect the patterns and colors of the natural world. All the other hens agree that P.Zonka’s egg is marvelous and beautiful.
How to Track an Easter Bunny by Sue Fliess, illustrated by Simona Sanfilippo
This rhyming picture book gives kids tips to help them find where the Easter bunny has left her surprises. Start with grasses, twigs, and ribbons for her nest, then leave a carrot path and glitter. Then on Easter, you can follow her glitter path to find what she left.Â
Easter Coloring Book
I always love giving kids holiday-themed coloring books. This is a darling choice for Easter.
The Story of the Easter Bunny by Katherine Tegen, illustrated by Sally Anne Lambert
Get ready for the origin story of the Easter Bunny, who helps out an older couple make chocolate and paint Easter eggs for the children; each year, this Bunny helps more and more.
The Night Before Easter by Natasha Wing
Wing’s fun-filled “Night Before” series continues in this Easter books with a familiar rhyming poem featuring the Easter Bunny.
We’re Going on an Egg Hunt by Laura Hughes
In the same style as the “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” story, follow four rabbits as they hunt for Easter eggs. Open flaps to find tiny animals and eggs. Visually appealing, kids will practice counting as they read this familiar structured, interactive tale.
Otter Loves Easter! by Sam Garton
Otter doesn’t want to share the candy from his Easter basket because it’s yummy and it’s his. But, he realizes his friends didn’t have a fun Easter so it’s Easter Otter to the rescue! (It’s going to be the best Easter ever.) What a great lesson about sharing.
Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco
Babushka is known for her beautifully painted eggs. One day, she rescues an injured goose whom she names Rechenka. After Rechenka accidentally breaks all of Babushka’s eggs, she suddenly starts to lay her own beautiful eggs so Babushka has enough eggs for the festival. She knows she must free her goose and sadly says goodbye. But, Rechenka leaves a special gift. Another miracle.
The Spring Rabbit by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Christopher Corr
The rabbit’s friends give him eggs and he makes a basket for them and gives the basket of eggs to Spring as a thank you. Spring suggests they give the eggs to the children in the area to celebrate that Spring has arrived. A cute secular Easter book.
Mad Libs Easter
21 original fill-in-the-blank stories all about celebrating Easter will be a hit with your readers and writers.
Easter Hunt Look & Find
Kids will love this book of search and find — with eggs, baskets, and lambs! You might even include this activity book in your children’s Easter baskets!Â
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