The Best Easter Picture Books for Kids

With spring comes new sounds! The Chicka Chicka crew celebrates springtime in this colorful romp that will have everyone hopping (and singing) along.

Peter Rabbit needs help finding all of the Easter eggs in this interactive lift-the-flap book that celebrates the holiday. A perfect Easter basket addition, this fun scavenger hunt will inspire laughs for little ones.

The Goodnight Train is about to go on an egg-stra special adventure! Little ones can be lulled to sleep with this quirky, Easter-themed bedtime story that features the beloved Goodnight Train.

Your favorite colors are back to celebrate spring! Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers and all our favorite crayons are back for some Easter excitement. Happy Easter from The Crayons belongs in every Easter basket.

Mama can’t find her eggs! Bear and his friends set out to hunt eggs in this cute woodland tale. After the group finds them, they are decorated to celebrate the season.

If your child is obsessed with catching any mythical holiday creature, this book series will be sure to delight them. However, this book is told from the point of view of the Easter Bunny and takes us through an entire Easter delivery day. Starting at the bunny’s headquarters, readers will follow along as the bunny delivers eggs and manages to avoid traps that become more and more complex. 

What’s Pete the Cat’s favorite candy? Jellybeans. But he’s going to have to work for his candy. One day, the Easter Bunny leaves Pete a note asking him to help out with his holiday chores. Pete diligently dons the rabbit ears the bunny left for him, gathers eggs, paints them, and hides them. Phew! What a day! Somebody get this cat some jellybeans. 

This classic picture book never goes out of style! Tender and loving, this beautiful story makes the perfect read aloud for parents to enjoy with their kids as they capture the bond between parent and child. Like Peter Rabbit, there’s also a sweet bunny plush to go alongside this fantastic story! 

Is your kid simply obsessed with Peppa the Pig? Well, so are we, and so is this fantastic picture book that also includes some stickers! Full of fun friends spending their time searching for chocolate eggs and watching baby chicks hatching in the yard, this picture book is a must-have for all Peppa fans who celebrate Easter! 

A fun Pete-the-Cat-ified version of “Five Little Monkeys,” this rendition of a classic story is certain to have you hopping up and down! When Pete the Cat is bunnysitting five little bunnies, they start hopping on the bed! You and your little Pete the Cat fan will have a blast singing along to this classic tune with an Easter twist! 

For fans of Curious George, we have a delightful holiday adventure that takes place in a park and involves stickers! This lovely book follows George and the man with the yellow hat as they head to the hat and George sees some kids dyeing Easter eggs! You won’t want to miss this fantastic holiday read! 

If you’re looking for an eggcellent Easter read that can also be read all year long, you’ll want to check out The Good Egg. As part of the food groups picture book series, this eggceptional read is all about the importance of balance, self-care, and accepting those we love! Plus, there’s even an extra Good Egg story: The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! all about a hilarious egg hunt adventure that includes sticker sheets perfect for decorating eggs with for Easter!

This classic will be your child’s stuffed animal dream come true. This beloved story about a toy rabbit so well loved that he eventually becomes real. This book is the perfect bunny read! Plus, our classic edition has more illustrations than the originally published work, all by Charles Santore! And the icing on the cake (or the dye on your eggs) is that there’s even a lovable Velveteen Rabbit plush you can purchase to give your child their own Velveteen Rabbit to love and cherish! 

Jan Brett, author of many holiday classics, gives us an Easter tale to remember in The Easter Egg. Follow Hoppi, a bunny determined to make the best Easter egg in order to get the opportunity to help the Easter Bunny with his Easter morning deliveries. Hoppi struggles to make the perfect one and heads into the woods, discouraged and trying to think. When he keeps a blue robin’s egg safe and warm until the baby bird hatches, he presents that empty blue eggshell to the Easter Bunny as his Easter egg. All about kindness and Easter, this book is certain to warm the hearts of all who read it!