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Want something new to read with your little ones this spring? Check out this list of our favorite Easter books for toddlers.
As you plan out your Easter books and activities this spring, don’t forget your youngest listeners. Babies and toddlers love to listen to their favorite grown-ups read to them.
The books featured below make great books for storytime. You can save them for bedtime or naptime. Or, you can put them in your little one’s Easter basket.
Board books are perfect for babies and toddlers. Their thick, sturdy pages can withstand rough handling by little hands.
The short text and bright illustrations/images on each page engage busy toddlers from cover to cover.
Best Easter Books for Toddlers
I watch my grandbaby all week long as her mommy and daddy work. Each morning before she arrives, I prep for the day which includes laying out two or three board books. She loves to crawl over to her books and flip through them.
Her current favorites include books with pictures of real animals that have sensory sections on each page.
No matter your child’s preference, you’re sure to find a book your baby or toddler will love.
The board books I’ve featured below are some of our favorites. I’ve browsed through them at the store or borrowed them from the library to determine whether or not they hold the interest of my little one.
While older toddlers can enjoy traditional picture books, I don’t let them handle those books until their a little older.
I try to stick to board books until the age of three when little ones can understand the rules of handling books.
So, the list below contains only board books. Those that you can hand to your toddler to look at on their own when you aren’t reading it to them yourself.
Where can you find board books?
There are so many places to find affordable board books for your babies and toddlers. Add them to your bookshelves, gift them to new moms, or fill your preschool classroom shelves.
Department stores – While out shopping your favorite stores, keep your eyes open for new books your toddlers will love. My favorite place to shop for books is TJ Maxx. I find them to be very affordable there.
Yard sales – During the warm months, I like to peruse neighborhood yard sales for books to add to my collection. Just look for books that are in good shape. You should be able to find board books for 25 or 50 cents each.
Easter story books for toddlers
The board books I’ve featured below are some of our favorites. I’ve browsed through them at the store or borrowed them from the library to determine whether or not they hold the interest of my little one.
The Easter Egg is Missing! – In this sturdy novelty board book, we crack the case of the missing golden egg. Where did it go? Did someone take it?
In the end, readers will find out what happened to this very special egg. Keep an eye on all of the furry, fuzzy animals on the farm!
Big Egg, Small Egg – Explore springtime festivities through this Easter board book. Lift the flaps on the pages for fun surprises, trace the trails with your fingers, and enjoy sweet illustrations of the chick and baby rabbit.
Bright, engaging colors are sure to entertain, while thick and sturdy pages are perfect for curious little hands to handle and turn.
Happy Easter, Mouse! – 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!
Duck & Goose, Here Comes the Easter Bunny! – Duck & Goose have lots of ideas about how to find the Easter Bunny, but will they succeed?
Preschoolers won’t be able to resist this latest board book featuring Duck & Goose, lots of colorful eggs, and the Easter Bunny.
Llama Llama Easter Egg – In Llama Llama Easter Egg, the Easter Bunny brings lots of treats for Llama Llama: jelly beans, colorful eggs, and a fluffy surprise!
Construction Site: Spring Delight – It’s Easter at the construction site! As sunshine melts the snow away, the trucks discover all around them the signs of spring.
Lift the flaps on each sturdy page to reveal blooming flowers, baby ducks, and gentle lambs—and a special Easter egg hunt surprise!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Colors – The colors of the rainbow jump off the page in this colorful celebration of the Easter season.
Young readers will love learning about colors along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this delightful board book filled with the joyful art of Eric Carle.
Happy Easter, Pout-Pout Fish – Hippity-hoppity, the pout-pout bunny is on his way! Toddlers will love swimming along with the pout-pout fish this Easter as he turns little pouts into big smiles.
Good News! It’s Easter! – The whimsical rhyming stories ultimately lead to the rebirth of Christ who “steps free from the cave” to “live and love and save!”
This charming board book is a delightful way to share the wonder of Easter and teach children of Jesus’s great love.
Jane Foster’s Easter – In this beautiful and sophisticated board book, children will be introduced to bold images of Easter and spring, such as Easter baskets, Easter eggs, lambs, bunnies, flowers, and more!
Round Out Your Unit with These Activities:
These wooden Easter eggs make great math manipulatives for counting, sorting, adding, and subtracting.
If you want smaller wooden eggs, check out this set of Easter Montessori eggs and bowls which are perfect for matching, sorting, and counting.
What’s your toddler’s favorite Easter book? Leave me a comment and let me know so I can check it out.
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