We've just made it past the big holiday season, but the first notes of Easter are in the air. Well, there's Valentine's day, too, but the publishing world already has bunnies and eggs hitting the shelves. So, I'm going to go with the flow and let you take a peek at some of the Easter goodness coming our way.
LITTLE BUNNY'S TO-DO LIST
A Magic List Book
by Helen Kemp Zax
Illustrated by Kiersten Eve Eagan
Harry N. Abrams
40 pages
ages 4 to 8
From harvesting jellybeans to practicing mega-hops, the Easter Bunny will get through his daily to-do list one item at a time in this funny picture book that gently teaches time management.
Deliver treats by moonlight / Bunny Hop with gnomes
Fill every Easter basket / Hide eggs at all the homes
Little Bunny is very busy from morning to night—good thing he has a to-do list! From stirring pots of pastel colors to dye eggs to knitting lambswool sweaters for tiny chicks, he has many tasks to complete before bedtime.
But it’ll all get done; one thing at a time. And when all his tasks are finally completed, Little Bunny is rewarded with a fantastically finished list and a warm cup of parsley tea.
The textured glitter-stamped cover is so inviting that young readers will be eager to accompany Little Bunny during his very busy day, and they will be in for another sparkly surprise when they unfold a secret flap at the end of the book to see all the items in Little Bunny’s to-do list checked off in glittery ink!
Perfect for Easter or everyday read-alouds, Little Bunny’s To-Do List offers a gentle lesson on the importance of organization.
Deliver treats by moonlight / Bunny Hop with gnomes
Fill every Easter basket / Hide eggs at all the homes
Little Bunny is very busy from morning to night—good thing he has a to-do list! From stirring pots of pastel colors to dye eggs to knitting lambswool sweaters for tiny chicks, he has many tasks to complete before bedtime.
But it’ll all get done; one thing at a time. And when all his tasks are finally completed, Little Bunny is rewarded with a fantastically finished list and a warm cup of parsley tea.
The textured glitter-stamped cover is so inviting that young readers will be eager to accompany Little Bunny during his very busy day, and they will be in for another sparkly surprise when they unfold a secret flap at the end of the book to see all the items in Little Bunny’s to-do list checked off in glittery ink!
Perfect for Easter or everyday read-alouds, Little Bunny’s To-Do List offers a gentle lesson on the importance of organization.
MY TIDBITS
A pinch of magic and the dusting of dreams mix to set off a very, Easterly adventure.
Little Bunny wakes up one morning in a great mood. After eating a magical carrot, he transforms from an average, white rabbit into the busy Easter Bunny. And he has a huge list of things to get done. Collecting jelly beans from the jelly trees, collecting eggs, creating dyes, and so many more activities keep him busy from dawn to dusk.
This is a book to get young listeners into Easter Bunny mode. It begins calm enough with the bunny waking up in a normal house to enjoy the flowers, but with the hint of magic, takes on Easter egg fun pure. The transformation itself did confuse me for a second...I didn't realize, right away, that the transformation was leading a normal bunny into the Easter Bunny, but the story really took off from there to create an exciting read with many activities young listeners will recognize. Things such as the jelly bean tree add smiles and keep a slight hum of imagination going. It makes for a quick-paced and grabbing read until the end.
The illustrations hang in the pastel direction to stick to the Easter theme. Each scene brings across energy and activity...until the end, which rounds this off into a nice bedtime read as well. The text rhymes smoothly and is divided into short phrases over the pages to make it a flowing read-aloud.
It's a cute read to ring in the Easter season for groups, classrooms, and single settings.
And here they are...
Helen Kemp Zax could spend all day musing over rhymes, so daily to-do lists keep her life on track. Her poetry has appeared in many anthologies and magazines, and she was co-awarded the 2021 YorkMix International Children’s Poetry Prize and won the 2018 Middle Grade Katherine Paterson Prize. A former lawyer and teacher, Kemp Zax holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Leonard, and their Aussie-doodle, Huckleberry Finn.
Kiersten Eve Eagan is an illustrator working in children’s publishing and design for television and film. Eagan is passionate about storytelling and loves using design to help bring stories to life. She studied illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she loves exploring the mountains or spending time by the sea.
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