These children's Easter board books will appeal to children as young as two and, in at least one case, as old as five-years-old. While most focus on Easter candy, Easter eggs, and the Easter bunny, one provides an age appropriate introduction to the biblical story of Easter.
1. The Easter Story
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This board book for very young children provides a gentle introduction to the biblical story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. The brief and simple text is by Patricia A. Pingry and the colorful and child-friendly illustrations are by Mary Ann Utt. (Candy Cane Press, An Imprint of Ideals Publications, 2002. ISBN: 0824942310)
2. Little Bunny's Easter Surprise
Little Bunny’s mother gives each of her five bunnies an egg to decorate for Easter. Although Little Bunny is very careful as he decorates the egg, his egg begins to crack. However, instead of being ruined, his egg turns out to be “the most special Easter egg of all.” Each page of this brief Easter board book by Tara Doyle is filled with detailed illustrations by Lucinda McQueen, providing lots of things for you and your child to discuss. (Scholastic, 1993. ISBN: 0439696828)3. Owen’s Marshmallow Chick
HarperCollins
Owen is a little mouse with a big appetite in this delightful Easter board book by Kevin Henkes. Owen says each kind of candy in his Easter basket is “my favorite” and promptly eats all of the jelly beans, gum drops, buttercream eggs and the big chocolate bunny, but he doesn’t eat the little yellow marshmallow chick that's the same color as his special blanket. Instead, Owen happily plays with the chick until bedtime, then goes to bed and dreams about it. (Greenwillow, 2002. ISBN: 9780439488891)
