Easter Favorites/The Easter Egg

Brett's finely detailed watercolor and gouache art is a showstopper, spotlighting lifelike—though nattily clad—rabbits decorating eggs in hopes of winning the role of the Easter Rabbit's helper. Hoppi is awed by bunnies' creations, which include an ornate chocolate egg and a “whirling, twirling mechanical egg.” But when an egg tumbles out of a robin's nest, he keeps it safe until the baby bird hatches. Borders of twigs, pussy willows, daffodils, and ferns add greatly to the warm, visually sumptuous setting of this gentle spring story. Ages 3–5.

-from Publisher's Weekly

Easter Favorites/Happy Easter, Mouse!

(3-5 years)

Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as he tries to figure out who's leaving Easter eggs all over his house! 

-from back cover

Easter Favorites/The Velveteen Rabbit

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." The story of the Velveteen Rabbit who longs to be real has charmed and captivated readers for over half a century.

-from the back cover

Easter Favorites/The Country Bunny

The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children. "It is difficult to believe that this very modern feminist tale was originally written in 1939. A gem of a fantasy in which kindness and cleverness win out over size and brawn."  

 -Learning Magazine

Happy Birthday Amelia Bedelia!

 Remember this series?  Amelia Bedelia turns fifty this year!  Peggy Parish's nephew, Herman, continues to write the books.  I'm so glad this fun character and her wacky stories are still around.  Who knew?