Easter Recommendations: Children's Fiction

Baby Bunny's Easter Surprise by Helen Baugh

When baby bunny, Letty, discovers that her mummy is the real-life Easter Bunny, she follows her, secretly, through the forest as she hides her special deliveries. But seeing all the choccylicious Easter eggs is much too tempting. Letty nibbles one here and there - and soon, the eggs are gone! Will mummy have enough eggs left for Letty's forest friends?

Paddington's Easter Egg Hunt by Karen Jankel

Paddington is excited to be organising an Easter egg hunt for his neighbours. But, from finding empty supermarket shelves, to buying a box of broken Easter eggs, Paddington wonders if the hunt can ever go ahead. That is, until Mr Gruber's book on Roman mosaics and some sticky marmalade give him a brilliant idea.

Peppa the Easter Bunny by Lauren Holowaty

It's Easter and Peppa and George are having an Easter egg hunt for their friends! Mummy and Daddy Pig help them paint all the colourful eggs and together they hide them all round the garden. Their friends arrive and are soon busy hunting for eggs but Peppa and George have disappeared - where could they have gone? Aha! There's Peppa the Easter Bunny and George the chick to surprise their friends! Everybody loves Easter!

Baby Touch: Happy Easter! 

With simple text, bright illustrations and an exciting touch-and-feel on every double page, this gorgeous book helps to engage your baby's senses while gently introducing them to Easter.

The Great Big Easter Hunt by Katie Woolley

It's the day of the Easter picnic and there are eggs for everyone! But when Peter knocks over the Easter basket full of eggs, he has to go on a hunt to find them all. Will he make it back in time for the picnic? Follow Peter on this new Easter adventure and lift the flaps to help him on his search.

Easter: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Giovana Medeiros

Featuring simple text, gorgeous illustrations and satisfying lift-the-flaps, this book explores exciting Easter traditions and helps young children understand the importance of this special holiday. Lift the flaps to look inside the Church, cook tasty hot cross buns and join in with the Easter egg hunt!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Picnic by Eric Carle

Packed with bright illustrations and easy-to-read sentences, this board book is perfect for little hands. With a sparkly fold-out surprise at the end, young readers will adore this Easter twist on the classic tale.

Find Spot at Easter: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Eric Hill

Happy Easter! In this lift-the-flap adventure, Spot and Mum are on their way to an Easter picnic. There are lots of noisy animals to see on the walk to Grandma and Grandpa's house - but when they're almost there, Spot disappears! Where has he gone? Toddlers will love searching for Spot and learning the sounds of all the baby animals they meet along the way!

Happy Easter! by Thea Feldman

Join YouTube sensation Blippi as he gets ready to celebrate Easter in this illustrated, tabbed board book that's just right for little hands.

The Spring Rabbit by Angela McAllister

At the end of winter, a girl named Spring awakes from her slumber in the snow. She travels through the forest and finds a little bird that has fallen from a tree. The bird is so cold and weak that Spring can hardly hear its heartbeat, so she turns it into a rabbit with thick, soft fur so it will be warm. To show their gratitude, birds gather eggs which Rabbit collects in a beautiful basket. Spring tells Rabbit to give them to the children so that they will know Spring is here. This beautiful tale shows young children how the Easter Bunny came to be.

Hello Spring by Jo Lindley

After a whole year of waiting, it's finally Spring's turn to wear the weather crown and create her own special season. Her friends can all remember how beautiful Spring was last time. But this time, as Winter places the crown on her head, Spring starts to feel anxious. Can her friends help by showing her that not everything has to be perfect?

Easter Bunny by Adam Hargreaves

Have you ever met the Easter Bunny? Little Miss Tiny has and she knows exactly how he creates the right egg for the right person, but you'll have to read the story to find out! Get ready for a spring tale with surprises galore and lots of chocolate.

Paw Patrol: Count on the Easter Pups! 

It's Easter in Adventure Bay and that means it's time for the Adventure Bay Easter Egg Hunt! Help Chase, Marshall, Skye and Rubble get ready for some spring celebrations while learning to count from one to ten. There are lots of fun things to find, from cute bunnies to sweet treats, and there's an extra spotting activity for children to enjoy too.

The Great Eggscape by Sue Hendra

It's night-time in the supermarket and someone has stolen all the Easter eggs! Never fear! Supertato and the veggies have a plan to get them back. It's eggciting, it's eggcellent, but will it also be foiled?! There's only one way to find out!

Emma the Easter Fairy by Daisy Meadows

Each spring, Emma the Easter fairy paints three magical eggs, and these help everyone have a wonderful time. But when mean Jack Frost steals the magical eggs and kidnaps the Easter Bunny everything starts to go wrong! Can Rachel and Kirsty help Emma before this special time of year is ruined? 

Egg by Sue Hendra

Everybody knows that eggs have a pointy top and a big bottom, so when an odd egg turns up with a big head and a pointy bottom, the other eggs don't know what to make of it. Can they make the odd egg conform to Normal Egg Standards? The other eggs try turning it upside down, and even make it wear a hat on its bottom to show which side is 'up', but it takes the clever upside-down egg to show them that eggs can be any way up and still be eggs.

Busy Easter Chicks by Stephanie Hinton

A seasonal novelty board book about Easter chicks, with push, pull, turn and slide mechanisms. Recommended by the Good Toy Guide, this gentle rhyming story, with lots to spot, develops fine motor skills and builds vocabulary for youngsters.

Santa Claus vs the Easter Bunny by Fred Blunt

Santa has it so easy: a workforce of elves to make the presents, a team of reindeer to deliver them, even a hi-spec factory! The Easter Bunny has to make and wrap all the chocolate eggs in his garden shed, and deliver them himself on foot. No wonder you often find them thrown all over the place in your garden! Now Bunny has had enough - he hatches a genius, chocolately plan with unexpected results. 

Easter on the Farm: A Seek and Find Flap Book by Louisa Boyles

With bright illustrated backgrounds and engaging photographic animals, this book is all about Easter. Children will love to answer questions on every spread, while learning key concepts such as colours, numbers and sorting.

Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny by Emily Ann Davison

Yo-Yo is a fidgety, bouncy, can't-sit-still-ever type of bunny. Even Grandpa's yoga class won't stop her wiggling and giggling! But what will Yo-Yo do when she finds herself lost and all alone in the deep, dark, shadowy forest? Maybe Grandpa's yoga will help her find the way home.