Tag: egg hunt

Egg: A Chasing, Racing Egg Hunt (Jonathan Litton)

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Hello, friends! Our book today is Egg: A Chasing, Racing Egg Hunt, written by Jonathan Litton and illustrated by Fhiona Galloway, a sweet Easter board book for little bookworms.

Using the colorful eggs themselves to frame a series of cutouts, the simple rhyming story follows a band of barnyard friends as they hunt for eggs around the farm. Once they’ve found every last one, they pile them together to celebrate… until a cracking sounds reveals a surprise inside!

Easy Easter fun. With large print text, gentle rhymes and a classic rhythm, as well as adorable, brightly colorful animals and environments, this is a great way for little ones to celebrate spring egg hunts. The cutouts add a nice feature visually, as well as providing an easy grip for little hands to turn pages. The length is about what you’d expect from a toddler board book, and JJ loved it! A great little Easter story for the littlest readers, and it’s Baby Bookworm approved!

My Easter Basket: A Colorful Egg Hunt (Roger Priddy)

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Hello, friends! Our book today is My Easter Basket: A Colorful Egg Hunt by Roger Priddy, a sweet interactive board book with lots of color and counting fun.

The egg hunt has begun on the farm! Can you help all the adorable animals find their eggs in time for the big picnic? Each spread features a barnyard scene with a group of animals finding five of a specific color egg (with the reader’s help, of course).

This is your fairly basic holiday board book fare, but with enough visual interest and interactive touches that make it stand out. The book itself is die-cut in the shape of a basketful of eggs, complete with handle for easy carrying. The foil details are a nice touch to help little bookworms spot the seek-and-find eggs in the scenes, which are hidden just well enough (but not TOO well) for a fun searching experience. The book itself is sturdy, though after a little “toddler testing”, I did notice the handle part starting to crease a bit. But overall, this is a fun board book to share with the youngest bookworms, perhaps as an Easter gift. JJ loved it, and it’s Baby Bookworm approved!

(Note: A copy of this book was provided to The Baby Bookworm by the author in exchange for an honest review.)

Turkey’s Eggcellent Easter (Wendi Silvano)

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Hello, friends! Our book today is Turkey’s Eggcellent Easter, written by Wendi Silvano and illustrated by Lee Harper, a festive and silly tale of an usual egg hunt.

Fourth in the Turkey Trouble series, the story opens on Turkey and his barnyard friends lamenting the fact that the farm’s Easter Egg Hunt – which features “eggstra”-special surprises for finders of the special eggs – only allows children to participate and not animals. So the friends come up with a plan: a secret mission, which involves Turkey donning an assortment of costumes in order to sneak into the hunt and grab one of the special eggs. Unfortunately, several of his disguises (a bunny, a daffodil, a bumblebee, etc.) are seen through or simply foiled. How can Turkey and company manage to snag a special prize for themselves?

Goofy fun. Turkey and his barnyard pals are just the right mix of endearing and mischievous to make the audience root for their caper, and the fact that they have some measure of victory by the end is satisfying. Equally charming are the visual gags that both kids and grownups can enjoy: the animals dressed up as secret agents once they decide on their “mission”, or putting a ridiculous amount of effort into Turkey’s bunny costume when one of the animals is, in fact, an actual bunny, and so on. And while I am admittedly not the biggest fan of puns, the egg-themed ones that pepper the dialogue are enough for kids to enjoy but not so many that they become tedious. The length is good, and JJ enjoyed it – this is a fun, off-beat Easter book that all ages can enjoy. Baby Bookworm approved!

(Note: A copy of this book was provided to The Baby Bookworm by a representative of the author in exchange for an honest review.)

Tiny The Easter Bunny (Eric James)

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Hello friends, and Hoppy Easter! Our book today is Tiny The Easter Bunny, written by Eric James and illustrated by Sara Sanchez, a regional-themed Easter book about a helpful elephant learning how to be the best Easter Bunny he can be.

Tiny is out for a run one day when he comes upon his rabbit friend Fluff, who has found herself stuck in a log while hiding Easter eggs. Fluff is dismayed – turns out that she is the Easter Bunny, and if she can’t get unstuck, the eggs won’t get hidden this year! Tiny offers his help, attempting to free her without success. Instead, Tiny decides that he will be the Easter Bunny and, donning a pink fluffy costume, he sets out to hide the eggs. Unfortunately, he finds that the job is not as simple as he thought, and is soon exhausted and falling behind. But with a little help and encouragement from a mouse friend named Marvin, and the right attitude, Tiny finds that in order to be the best Easter Bunny he can, he needs to learn to be himself first.

This is a very neat concept: there’s a sweet story about Easter, egg-hunting, and learning to appreciate oneself. From there, using tweaks to the text and illustrations, the author and illustrator were able to create over 60 regional versions of this book! We read the Texas version, but there’s one for every state, the whole of Canada as well as some individual provinces, and a smattering of US and Canadian cities as well! All together, it makes for an awesome Easter read, connecting children to their region while teaching a sweet lesson in being yourself. The illustrations are adorable, and the bouncy rhyming text is lots of fun to read. The length was fine for JJ, and we had a great time with it! A great Easter gift for little ones, and it’s Baby Bookworm approved!

(Note: A copy of this book was provided to The Baby Bookworm by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.)