20+ Best Easter Books for Kids and Families

If the Easter Bunny brings books to your house as well as Easter eggs, here’s some recommendations. We’ve put together a list of Easter board books, picture books and activity books for kids to enjoy. There’s books about Easter eggs, Easter Bunny as well as the story of Jesus.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Colours by Eric Carle

Let The Very Hungry Caterpillar and friends take you on a rainbow tour of Easter colours in this beautiful board book. Perfect for learning first colours with simple text and pictures, this chunky board book is ideal for little hands. RRP $9.99. Ages 0-2 years.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Egg Hunt by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is at the farm hunting for tasty Easter eggs . . . Meet friendly farmyard animals and lift the flaps on every page to help The Very Hungry Caterpillar hunt for eggs.  Will you find them all? RRP $16.99. Ages 0-3 years.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Easter Surprise (new for 2023)

A brand new Easter adventure for The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Help The Very Hungry Caterpillar hunt for Easter eggs in this vivid new story with die-cut pages throughout. With its simple rhyming text and die-cut shapes throughout, this Easter adventure is perfect for curious toddlers everywhere. RRP $16.99. Ages 0-5 years.

I’m Ready for Easter

The I’m Ready series is a collection of fun, bright board books illustrated by the talented Jedda Robaard. These gorgeous stories are handy explainers that the whole family will love. This gorgeous story explores the exciting lead-up to Easter in Australia.  RRP $12.99. Ages 0-2 years.

Peter Rabbit: A Fluffy Easter Tale

Join Peter on an Easter adventure in this charming touch and feel book. With tactile elements on every page and a simple story to follow, this board books is perfect for little bunnies at Easter. RRP $16.99. Ages 0-3 years.

Mr Men: Mr Impossible and the Easter Egg Hunt

Join the Mr Men on an Impossible Easter Egg Hunt! Mr Impossible is organising an Easter egg hunt for all the Mr Men and Little Miss and he is hiding the eggs in the most impossible places … Some are so high that only Mr Tall can find them and some so low and cleverly hidden that Mr Small will need to be called. But it is Mr Nobody who manages to find the most difficult egg of all – the invisible egg! Packed with Easter fun from beginning to end! RRP $14.99. Ages 0-5 years.

Peppa Pig: Peppa Loves Easter

It’s Easter time and Madame Gazelle has a special Easter surprise for Peppa and her friends after playgroup – Miss Rabbit has organised an Easter Egg-stravaganza! There’s Easter cakes, Easter cards to make, an egg decorating stall and Granny and Grandpa Pig’s fluffy newly-hatched chicks, but where is Miss Rabbit?And who is inside the huge Easter egg? RRP $14.99. Ages 0-5 years.

Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Easter Hide and Seek (new for 2023)

Help Peppa and George find Granny Pig’s missing chickens in this lift-the-flap hide and seek story! Peppa and George are celebrating Easter with Granny and Grandpa Pig, but what happens when Granny Pig’s chickens decide to go on an Easter adventure? Lift the flaps to go on an exciting Easter adventure with Peppa and George! RRP $14.99. Ages 0-5 years.

Little Bilby’s Aussie Easter Egg Hunt

A group of baby bilbies are on an Easter egg hunt. They find all kinds of eggs – a kookaburra’s egg, a turtle’s egg, a cassowary’s egg – before the little bilbies finally find what they’ve been looking for: Easter eggs to share with all their friends.

This colourfully illustrated picture book showcases the diversity of Australia’s egg-laying animals. Each spread reveals an egg in its natural environment and asks the question ‘Whose egg could this be?’. After turning the page, the egg is matched with the animal it belongs to. RRP $14.99. Ages 0-4 years.

Spot’s First Easter

Join Spot and his friends on a springtime Easter egg hunt – now reissued in a new cased board format with embedded flaps. It’s Easter, and the Easter Bunny has hidden some eggs for Spot to find! There’s lots of fun (and chocolate) to be had for Spot and all his friends as they join the hunt.  Toddlers will love discovering the Easter egg hunt in this classic picture book. With fun flaps to train fine motor skills and an adventure to encourage curiosity and exploration, this is great for early learning and play. RRP $14.99. Ages 2-4 years.

Find Spot at Easter (new for 2023)

Happy Easter! In this brand new lift-the-flap adventure Spot and Mum are on their way to an Easter picnic. There are lots of noisy animals to see on the walk to Grandma and Grandpa’s house… but when they’re almost there Spot disappears! With interactive flaps to train fine motor skills and an adventure that sparks curiosity and imagination Find Spot at Easter is perfect for early learning and play. RRP $16.99. Ages 2-4 years.

Oscar the Hungry Unicorn Eats Easter

It’s Easter and the Easter Bunny has put together the most incredible, absolutely fantastic egg hunt. Everyone is excited, but uh-oh… Oscar the Unicorn is hungry!

Oscar has eaten the eggs, the baskets, the signs – in fact, he’s eaten everything! The Easter Bunny is too tired to hide more eggs, so Oola and rest of the fairytale crew step in to help. But just as the great chocolate egg hunt is about to get underway, some silly pirates accidentally misplace the map to the hidden Easter treats. Can Oscar’s keen sense of smell – and his unstoppable hunger – save Easter before it’s too late?

The third brilliantly funny adventure of Oscar the Hungry Unicorn. $15.99. Ages 3+.

Hunwick’s Egg

When a mysterious egg appears outside Hunwick’s burrow, no one is quite certain what to think. And when it doesn’t hatch right away, everyone is even more bewildered. Everyone except Hunwick, that is. Hunwick understands that the egg is his friend, and he is the only one who knows its secret.

This treasure of a book promises the young reader a simple, beautifully illustrated tale of identity and belonging. RRP $14.99. Ages 3+.

Happy Easter From The Crayons (new for 2023)

Easter is the perfect holiday for crayons! They get to learn new shapes and decorate one giant egg together but where will they hide it?! Blue Crayon has some ideas. RRP $19.99. Ages 3+.

Bluey: More Easter Fun

Play games, solve puzzles and create some art with Bluey and Bingo to make your Easter rememberable! A gorgeous activity book for kids of all ages. RRP $9.99. Ages 3+.

Bluey: Happy Easter – A Puffy Sticker Colouring Book (new for 2023)

Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! Join Bluey and Bingo as they hunt for Easter eggs! Colour in their search for clues and decorate with puffy stickers. A gorgeous colouring book for kids of all ages. $9.99. Ages 3+.

Bluey: Easter (new for 2023)

It’s Easter! Bluey and Bingo think the Bunny has forgotten them again, until a clue takes them on an egg hunt . . . A gorgeous hardback book for kids of all ages. RRP $16.99. Ages 3-5 years.

Aussie Easter Hat Parade

Hey! Ho! What a show! Look at what we’ve made! As we go marching round and round. In the Easter Hat Parade! Join the Aussie animals as they create amazing hats for their very first Easter parade. RRP $18.99. Ages 3-7 years.

Spot’s Easter Basket by Eric Hill

Join Spot and his friends for an Easter egg hunt on the farm in this wonderful basket-shaped board book for little hands! RRP $9.99. Ages 4-6 years.

The Best Easter Egg Hunt Ever

On a warm spring day, in the tall green grass, a little gray rabbit was sniffing the air. It was Easter Day. It was . . . egg-hunt time! The Best Easter Egg Hunt Ever features kind Rabbit, who spends his morning helping friends with their wonderful Easter eggs. But can Rabbit find the most special egg of all? RRP $12.99. Ages 4-6 years.

How to Catch the Easter Bunny

Finding the eggs is easy, but can you catch the Easter Bunny?
Down in my burrow, working hard with all my bunny crew.
We’ve made the eggs, and now I’m here to bring them all to you!

The Easter Bunny has a basket full of treats-and tricks for staying hidden! Will this be the Easter you catch the bunny in action? Parents and children will love this wonderfully creative opportunity to have fun and celebrate the holiday together. RRP $16.99. Ages 4+.

The Story of Easter Little Golden Book

This gentle introduction to the biblical account of Jesus’s final days on earth, and Resurrection, is perfect for preschoolers. Lush, colorful illustrations of the Last Supper, Jesus carrying his cross, and the angel in the empty tomb are accessible to little readers who are just learning about Easter. At the end of the book, Easter traditions from around the world are introduced, from Ukrainian painted eggs (Pysanky) to the greeting of the Easter sunrise in the British Isles. It’s a perfect first book about an important holiday for many, and an ideal Easter gift. RRP $4.99. Ages 4+.

I Wanted a Giant Chocolate Egg but All I Got Was this Stupid Book

I wanted a giant chocolate egg but all I got was this stupid book. You too? I know just who’s to blame for this outrage. Come on, let’s go find the Easter Bunny… Join an Easter egg hunt of a different kind in this journey from disappointment to elation. The perfect (non-edible*) gift for any kid who’s ever felt that the Easter Bunny could have done better. RRP $16.99. Ages 4+.

Bin Chicken’s Eggcellent Easter (new for 2023)

Following her beak, on long gangly legs, Ibis spies something shiny―glittering eggs! But there’s kids on a hunt! And a bunny on the loose! ‘Shoo, Bin Chicken! Scram, Garbage Goose!’ It’s Easter morning, and there are eggs everywhere. Ibis had better hop to it and get hunting! RRP $18.99. Ages 6-9 years.

What’s the favourite Easter book in your home?