2008 March 17 » Library & Literary Miscellany

17th March 2008

Easter Storytime Resources

Easter Bunny Image To help you plan you Easter Storytime(s), I’ve listed some suggested picture books, songs/rhymes, and additional links that I hope you’ll find useful. I decided to present the resources as a list (in contrast to a pre-formatted plan) so that you can easily pick and choose and select any combination that you feel will be most successful for your audience.

Book Ideas

Bunny Trouble by Hans Wilhelm
Ralph the bunny would rather play soccer than paint Easter eggs. He runs into trouble when he’s captured by a farmer, but with the help of a clever sister and some Easter eggs, he lives to kick the ball another day.

More Bunny Trouble by Hans Wilhelm
Ralph the bunny is back and he’s busily painting Easter eggs and babysitting his little sister. When he neglects to do the latter, she wanders away, and it’s up to Ralph to find her again.

The Night Before Easter by Natasha Wing
This rendition includes all the rhythms of the familiar “Night Before Christmas” with a new Easter setting and storyline.

The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
Duck sits patiently on a huge green-spotted egg waiting for it to hatch. When it does, both Duck and readers are in for a surprise.

Chicky Chicky Chook Chookby Cathy MacLennan
Onomatopoeia and rhyme make this a fun and rambunctious Easter time read aloud.

The Grumpy Easter Bunny by Justine Korman and Lucinda McQueen (illustrator)
Hopper is a grumpy bunny. Why should he hide his Easter treats and give them to others when he could just eat them all himself? By story’s end, Hopper is much happier as he’s discovered the joy of sharing.

Here Comes T. Rex Cottontail by Lois G. Grambling and Jack E. Davis (Illustrator)
It’s Easter time and T. Rex is filling in for the Easter Bunny who has taken a sick day. Youngsters will enjoy the humor in the notion as they join the huge dinosaur on his romp to deliver the eggs.

Milo the Really Big Bunny by Stephen Krensky and Melissa Suber (Illustrator)
Milo is different from other bunnies—where they are small and white, he’s enormous and purple. He just doesn’t fit in. But when the Easter Bunny needs a helper Milo soon discovers that the characteristics that make him different also make him special (very Rudolph-like in concept).

Humbug Rabbit by Lorna Balian
Two stories intertwine about the Rabbit family underground and Granny and her grandchildren above ground.

Songs/Rhymes

Easter Eggs (Sung to the tune of: London Bridge)

Hunting for my Easter eggs;
Easter eggs;
Easter eggs;
Hunting for my Easter eggs;
Put ‘em in my basket.
Now my basket it is full.
It is full.
It is full.
Now my basket it is full
We found all the eggs!

I’m a Little Bunny (Sung to the tune of: I’m a Little Teapot)

I’m a little bunny, with a cotton tail;
See me hopping down the trail,
When I see a carrot —
My ears - they shake!
And then, of course,
A bite I take!!!
CRUNCH!!!!!

See the Easter Bunny (Sung to the Tune of: Mulberry Bush)

See how the bunny hops along,
Hops along, hops along.

See how the bunny hops along,
On an Easter morning.

This is the way he wiggles his nose,
Wiggles his nose,
Wiggles his nose
This is the way he wiggles his nose,
On an Easter morning.

This is the way he flops his ears
Flops his ears, flops his ears
This is the way he flops his ears
On an Easter morning.

See how he jiggles his cotton tail,
Cotton tail, cotton tail
See how he jiggles his cotton tail,
On an Easter morning.

Jelly Beans (Sung to the tune of: Skip to My Lou)

(Red) jelly beans — yum, yum.
(Red) jelly beans — yum, yum.
(Red) jelly beans — yum, yum.
Jelly beans in my tummy!
(Green) jelly beans — yum, yum.
(Green) jelly beans — yum, yum.
(Green) jelly beans — yum, yum.
Jelly beans in my tummy!
(Orange) jelly beans — yum, yum.
(Orange) jelly beans — yum, yum.
(Orange) jelly beans — yum, yum.
Jelly beans in my tummy!
(Pink) jelly beans — yum, yum.
(Pink) jelly beans — yum, yum.
(Pink) jelly beans — yum, yum.
Jelly beans in my tummy!