Children's Easter stories

A variety of Easter stories

Updated March 21, 2023
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Bluey. Easter
Paper Book
Celebrate Easter with Bluey and Bingo in this fun storybook!  Based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+ It's Easter! Bluey and Bingo are worried that the Easter Bunny has forgotten them, until they find a clue that takes them on an egg...
The Easter story : from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Paper Book
This scriptural telling of the first Easter is from the International Children's Bible, using only straight Bible text from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The pure message and endearing illustrations will help you discover the true meaning of Easter. Perfect for families to read...
Fun-to-make. Crafts for Easter
Paper Book
Spring craft ideas abound in this handy volume of 150 great projects. Perfect for setting the mood for Easter celebrations, crafts vary from the very simple to more involved projects, but all can be completed with easy-to-find items. Kids and adults will have hours of fun-filled enjoyment with...
Easter surprise
Ackelsberg, Amy.
Paper Book
Includes stickers! To celebrate Easter, Blueberry has set up a scavenger hunt. The clues lead the girls to Berry Grove, the post office, a nest filled with newly-hatched birds, and finally to the bank of a stream where the girls discover their Easter baskets!
Pout-pout fish : Easter surprise
Adams, Wes
Paper Book
It's Easter in the deep blue sea! Join Mr. Fish and his friends on their annual Easter egg hunt. Is this the year when Pout-Pout Fish finally comes home with an egg of his own? Turn little pouts into big smiles with this new paperback series based on the New York Times-bestselling Pout-Pout...
The Berenstain Bears' Easter surprise
Berenstain, Stan 1923-2005
Paper Book
It's Easter time for the Berenstain Bears, and everyone remembers one very special Easter surprise. Full color.
The very best Easter bunny
Braybrooks, Ann
Paper Book
Rabbit is busy in his garden, so Pooh and his other friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood try to decide who would be the best substitute Easter Bunny. Who will it be?
Clifford's happy Easter
Bridwell, Norman
Paper Book
Everyone has a happy Easter when Clifford is around!
Happy Easter, Biscuit!
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin 1957-
Paper Book
Hippity, hoppity...woof! Join Biscuit on an Easter adventure, with flaps for your little egg hunters to lift! Biscuit's first Easter egg hunt is going to be egg-stra special. Where are all the eggs hidden Your little pup will enjoy lifting the flaps to find the eggs! Happy Easter,...
The very hungry caterpillar's Easter egg hunt : a lift-the-flap book
Carle, Eric
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar on an Easter egg hunt in this fun-filled lift-the-flap board book perfect for little hands and curious minds. A horse and cow are grazing Right beside the barn. Will you find some Easter eggs...
The story of Easter
Davidson, Alice Joyce.
Paper Book
Through exciting text and delightful illustrations, the story of Easter will bring joy to your children and convey to them the meaning of Jesus' life.
Llama Llama Easter egg
Dewdney, Anna
Paper Book
Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling series returns with a Llama Llama Easter board book-perfectly sized for little hands and a great addition to any Easter basket! Llama Easter! Llama spring! What does Easter morning bring?
Easter
Dickmann, Nancy.
Paper Book
Every year families gather to celebrate Easter with both religious and secular activities. From attending church to hunting for colorfully decorated eggs, readers will learn about the importance of Easter and the many ways people honor this day.
Ollie's Easter eggs
Dunrea, Olivier
Paper Book
Gossie, Gertie, BooBoo, and Peedie are all dyeing Easter eggs. Ollie wants Easter eggs too and he has a plan on how he'll get them! Humor and vibrant ink-and-watercolor illustrations fill Olivier Dunrea's holiday follow-up to Merry Christmas, Ollie. Dunrea again gets the preschooler emotions...
The story of Easter
Fisher, Aileen
Paper Book
With an informative text and glorious illustrations, this book explains both how and why people all over the world celebrate Easter. It tells the biblical story of Jesus' Resurrection and then describes how people honor this day and the origins of these traditions. Hands-on activities help draw...
It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
Fontes, Ron.
Paper Book
The Easter Beagle is coming to town in this paperback adapted from the classic Peanuts holiday television special. As Peppermint Patty tries to show Marcie how to make Easter eggs, Snoopy tries to get Woodstock into his new birdhouse. Full-color illustrations.
The Easter bunny that overslept
Friedrich, Priscilla.
Paper Book
One spring morning, the Easter Bunny skips merrily along to deliver his colorful, hand-painted eggs. But the children tell him that it's Mother's Day, which can only mean one thing: HE SLEPT THROUGH EASTER! Nobody wants eggs on Mother's Day, or on the Fourth of July -- and especially not on...
Pooh's Easter egg hunt.
Gaines, Isabel.
Paper Book
Winnie the Pooh has a hole in his basket! How will he ever win the Easter egg hunt? Young readers can find out with this bright and colorful Step into Reading title.
Easter
Gibbons, Gail.
Paper Book
The story, how it is celebrated today, and the origin of some traditions.
Celebrate Easter
Heiligman, Deborah
Paper Book
The joyous celebration of Easter is seen through a global perspective in this National Geographic volume featuring over 25 vibrant photographs. Witness the holiest day on the Christian calendar as it is celebrated throughout the world: from the famous Easter Egg Roll at the White House to the...
Owen's marshmallow chick
Henkes, Kevin.
Paper Book
"My favorite," said Owen when he saw the marshmallow chick. This sweet and simple board book for the youngest readers features Owen, star of the Kevin Henkes classic Owen. The charming board books featuring favorite preschool characters from Kevin Henkes are: Julius's...
The Easter story
Heyer, Carol 1950-
Paper Book
Award-winning artist Carol Heyer brings her brilliant illustrations to the pages of this beautiful retelling of the Easter story. This inspiring book takes the young reader from Christ's birth through His life, His death, and His Resurrection.
Silly Tilly and the Easter Bunny
Hoban, Lillian
Paper Book
One morning Silly Tilly Mole wakes up and smells jelly beans. She thinks sheforgot to remember Easter. She wants to ask the Easter Bunny in for a cup of tea, but where are her glasses and Easter bonnet Tilly is so silly she forgets what she's looking for--and almost misses Easter!
Easter babies : a springtime counting book
Hulme, Joy N.
Paper Book
From one newborn foal walking on wobbly legs and five open-billed nestlings eager for food to eleven children playing in the park and twelve church bells ringing, this lovely picture book celebrates spring, Easter, and new life.
What is Easter?
James, Lillie.
Paper Book
Tony and his parents dye Easter eggs, listen to the story of Easter in church, and have a special supper at Grandma and Grandpa's in this springtime lift-the-flap book.
Where are baby's Easter eggs? : a lift-the-flap book
Katz, Karen.
Paper Book
Little ones will love lifting the large, sturdy flaps in this sweet, irresistible board book to find Baby's Easter eggs from Karen Katz. Where could the Easter eggs be? Children will discover colorful springtime objects under each of the six sturdy flaps until... they find Baby's...
Happy Easter
Knudsen, Michelle.
Paper Book
Have a hoppy holiday with this shimmery Easter treat!
The very first Easter
Maier, Paul L.
Paper Book
Offers a historically accurate description of the events surrounding Jesus' death and resurrection.
The miracle of Easter
Malone, Jean M.
Paper Book
This easy-to-read book with gentle illustrations tells the well-known Bible story of Easter. It's a perfect story for children who are learning about their religion and starting to read on their own.
Happy Easter, Little critter
Mayer, Mercer 1943-
Paper Book
An eggs-tra special, egg-citing tale featuring the beloved Little Critter! Mercer Mayer's Little Critter is celebrating Easter in this classic, funny, and heartwarming book. Whether he's dyeing eggs, searching for baskets, or snacking on sweets, both parents and children alike...
Little Bunny's Easter surprise
Modesitt, Jeanne.
Paper Book
It's Easter morning, and Little Bunny is more excited than ever. Not only does she have her own Easter basket to look forward to, but this year she's planning to surprise Mama, Papa, and Baby Brother with baskets of their own. At the end of the day, though, there is one more surprise that Little...
Bunny's Easter egg
Mortimer, Anne.
Paper Book
Bunny has spent a long night hiding Easter eggs, and now it's time to get some rest. But when she burrows down to sleep, something disturbs her, and everywhere else she tries to nap just isn't right. She tries the old oak tree--too noisy! She tries a little boat on the...
Happy Easter, Mouse!
Numeroff, Laura Joffe
Paper Book
Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as he goes on an Easter egg hunt! Who is hiding eggs in Mouse's house This adorable board book combines an engaging Easter theme with a story about colors! This board book with sturdy pages is perfect for toddlers, who...
Fancy Nancy's elegant Easter
O'Connor, Jane.
Paper Book
Nancy prepares an elegant Easter affair in this fancy new lift-the-flap book! Throwing a fabulous and fancy Easter party is a very big job--and Nancy and Bree are in charge of decorating! This book includes thirteen flaps that open to reveal hidden surprises that will delight...
The story of Easter
Pingry, Patricia A.
Paper Book
This board book describes this well-known story from the Bible, told in only a few very simple and easily understood words.
The story of Easter
Pingry, Patricia A. 1941-
Paper Book
This board book describes this well-known story from the Bible, told in only a few very simple and easily understood words.
Easter mice!
Roberts, Bethany.
Paper Book
The popular Holiday Mice are back once again, and this time they’re going on an egg hunt. Distracted by the beautiful spring day, the littlest mouse is the only one who doesn’t find any eggs . . . until he stumbles upon a very special egg that turns out to be the best one of all.
10 Easter egg hunters : a holiday counting book
Schulman, Janet
Paper Book
The perfect addition to your child's Easter basket, featuring the adorable kids from the New York Times-bestseller 10 Trick-or-Treaters and Lots of Fun With Counting!  Wake up, Bunny, move those legs, You've not much time to hide those eggs! ...
Splat the cat : where's the Easter Bunny?
Scotton, Rob.
Paper Book
Hop down the bunny trail with Splat the Cat in a funny tale by New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton in Where's the Easter Bunny?, a lift-the-flap Easter adventure. It's almost Easter, and Splat knows exactly what he wants from the Easter Bunny--a really big Easter egg. But...
Hopper's Easter surprise
Siegenthaler, Kathrin.
Paper Book
""Hopper, an arctic hare, aspires to be like the Easter Bunny in this cuddly holiday tale. The warm watercolor ilustrations embrace the reader in Hopper's adventures and the story's springtime splendor. A special present from the Easter Bunny reminds us of the mystery and joy of the season.""<...
Easter surprise
Stock, Catherine.
Paper Book
A brother and sister spend Easter with their mother in a little cabin on the lake.
The story of the Easter Bunny
Tegen, Katherine Brown
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! Everyone knows who the Easter Bunny is. Each year, he comes with a basket of painted eggs and chocolates for children. But not everybody knows where he comes from. On a snow-cold day in a snug little house... So begins the true story of the Easter...
Easter
Trueit, Trudi Strain.
Paper Book
Learn about Easter eggs and try out a delicious recipe for an edible bird's nest. Kids discover the meaning of and pastimes associated with Easter. This title teaches children about traditions passed down through the ages and explores how Easter is celebrated today.
Max's Easter surprise
Wells, Rosemary
Paper Book
Ruby and her friend Louise are decorating Easter eggs, but Max wants to have an Easter Parade. Big sister Ruby tells Max that the Easter Parade is tomorrow, but that he can help today by carrying all the decorated eggs to the Easter basket. But Max doesn't want to just carry the eggs'he wants to...
The bunny who found Easter
Zolotow, Charlotte
Paper Book
Charlotte Zolotow's The Bunny Who Found Easter has delighted generations of readers. A lonely bunny goes hunting for Easter, where he hopes to find other bunnies. His search takes him through the seasons, but only in the spring does he find the true meaning of Easter. To this heartwarming story...

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