Piggy Bunny by Rachel Vail

Liam is a piglet. He is a perfect piglet according to his pig parents.

"We love your squiggly tail and your little black eyes and your snouty nose and your adorably triangular ears."

But Liam does not think he is perfect. Liam does not want to be a pig. Liam wants to be the EASTER BUNNY! Everyone told Liam he could NOT be the Easter Bunny. Everyone that is except his grandparents. Liam's grandparents encouraged Liam. They told him to get a costume, which was ordered on the Internet. And Liam started practicing. Finally Liam became the Easter Bunny he always wanted to be. Such a cute story about believing in yourself and what you want to BE. The illustrations and text fit each other perfectly. Very enjoyable.

Text: 4 Buckeye Leaves

Illustrations: 5 Buckeye leaves

Roly -Poly Egg by Kali Stileman (FINALLY!!)

I fell in love with this book on another book blog...and kept seeing it POP up on many of the book blogs I frequent. I simply HAD to get my hands on it! I tried our wonderful public library. Nope. I tried to win it. Nope. I tried Barnes and Noble store. Nope. Tried to get them to order it for me....well, he was not real nice about it telling me it would not be here in time for Easter because I was not a member of their "special" club....I only had the teacher card. FINALLY it came from Amazon - was ordered on Wednesday and arrived Saturday...Free shipping. So the 3 year old and I snuggled down to read it together at nap time....One day Splotch lays an egg. A small egg. A spotted egg. A perfect egg. But this small, spotted, perfect egg begins to roll and takes off on an adventure meeting many friends along the way - Jemima Giraffe, zebras, Christopher Crocodile, Emma Elephant, and Madison Monkey. Finally the egg returns to Splotch and begins to....crack!! And out comes.....

Adorable!! If I had been able to read this book prior to Easter, every kid on my Easter list would have gotten a copy. So cute. End pages, adorable! Splotch, adorable. And the grand finale, adorable. And throughout the journey of Splotch's egg, readers can trace the dotted line that the egg traveled. I am so excited to share this book with our kindergarten team that just finished (of course, too late for this year) their unit on EGGS!

Looking for Easter by Dori Chaconas

Looking for Easter by Dori Chaconas is not a new book (2008) but it is new to me so I thought I would share it. This book takes the main idea of "Easter" and combines it to nature, and beautifully in my opinion. Little Bunny is looking for "Easter". Along the way he smells the sweet smells of spring. With each animal he meets, Little Bunny adds to "Easter" that he is carrying. At the end he has a basket with grass and berries. But Little Bunny still wonders what Easter is and gives his basket to Robin who is in need of a a new nest. Weeks pass and finally Little Bunny discovers what "Easter" truly is.

Story: 5 Buckeye leaves
illustrations: 4 Buckeye leaves