Easter isn’t far away and when the children receive a mountain of chocolate eggs from family and friends, we like to buy them something different.
As a small gift to go along with their chocolate feast, we’ve picked some of our favourite Easter books that are sure to inspire your Easter adventures. Featuring popular characters like Peppa, Igglypiggle, Spot and more, there’s sure to be something your little one will love this Easter.
Best Easter books for toddlers:
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Bloomsbury Children's BooksLovely lift-the-flap book where you get to join the Easter Bunnies on an egg hunt. If your little ones love We’re Going on a Bear Hunt they’ll be sure to love this one just as much.
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This book from the Usborne Farmyard Tales collection is a lovely story about Poppy and Sam and their search for eggs on Apple Tree Farm. Colourful eggs and finger trails make this book great fun.
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It’s the day of the Great Sodor Easter Egg Hunt! For any Thomas fan this charming Easter tale will be a hit. It's a hardcover so suitable for smaller children too with lots of colour and rhyming text.
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Who doesn’t love the 'That’s not my' series? With lots of textures for your little one to explore and develop their sensory skills, these books are always firm favourites with Mummys and Daddys everywhere. They are great to carry around in the nursery bag too.
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Can you help Igglepiggle find his lost Easter Egg? Adorable board book featuring all the usual characters from In The Night Garden.
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Do you have a Peppa Pig obsessed little one? If so this Easter boardbook will go down like a storm! Grandpa Pig has organised a special egg hunt for Peppa, George and their friends.
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A cute lift-the-flap book from the popular childhood character Spot. As you help Spot search for the hidden eggs, it’ll help your little one who’s just learning numbers and to count too.
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Do you have a budding Squirrel in your family? If so this book is a must! Help Duggee and his friends from Squirrel Club search for the missing baby chick.
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You can’t go wrong with a Julia Donaldson book. The rhyming nature of her books make them such good fun to read for both adults and children. This is a lovely colourful tale about the Rhyming Rabbit.
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Bloomsbury Children's BooksIf the ‘Sleeping Bunnies’ nursery rhyme is on repeat in your household then this story will be a winner for you this Easter. Wake up all the sleepy animals in this lift-the-flap picture book.
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