Books for Preschoolers - Easter

Easter
By Gail Gibbons

From the Preschool Book

“Easter is a religious holiday and much more. It is also a time of hope and joy.” 

About the Preschool Book

It can be confusing to a preschooler why we celebrate Easter and how easter eggs and the easter bunny fit in with Jesus Christ’s resurrection. This is a simple book that explains the origin of Easter and includes the story of Christ’s life, death and resurrection. It also explains why we use many of the symbols such as eggs and lilies at Easter time as well as the pagan origins of this Easter celebration.  

From the Reviewer - Molly Christensen

Like Christmas, Easter is a holiday that mixes together a pagan holiday with a Christian event. So it’s not surprising that our preschoolers might get Jesus Christ and the Easter bunny confused. This book helps explain the reasons for celebrating easter and the traditions we follow on this day.

If you do want your child to keep believing in the Easter bunny, there is one page you may want modify slightly as you are reading aloud, or discuss how lucky the children were to actually see the Easter bunny. According to the author, the legend of the Easter bunny began when a woman dyed eggs for her children at Easter and hid them in a nest. As the children found the nest, a big rabbit hopped away. Of course they thought the bunny had brought the eggs!

Whether or not you are a Christian, this book is a wonderful introduction for preschoolers on why we celebrate Easter. It’s important to expose your children to other people, ideas and religions, as well as your own. The book is a very interesting history on the origins of Easter and you may even learn a few things!

Book Details

Title: Easter
Reading Level: Ages 4 - 8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Holiday House; Reprint edition (March 1991)
Language: English
ISBN: 0823408663

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