My First Easter

This is a sturdy, durable board book that contains simple yet lovely illustrations of seasonal novelties such as baby animals born in Spring, Easter lilies and bonnets, the Easter Bunny bringing baskets, and the whole family coloring eggs together and participating in an Easter egg hunt on the farm. It takes a quiet, simple, secular approach to presenting Easter and Spring concepts, and, therefore, it is perfectly appropriate for any young child. The emphasis of this book is more on illustration than on text or storyline which is fine because it elicits conversation and the opportunity to teach an infant/toddler about the images depicted. My son just had his second Easter and he still enjoys the illustrations -- specifically finding and pointing out all the eggs and bunnies throughout the book. The only complaint I have is that I wish this book was longer! It positively oozes old-fashioned charm and is sure to please both children and parents alike.

Adorable book! Cute and classic looking illustrations. I don't love Easter books that mention candy and while this one does make reference to what we assume is candy it doesn't specifically call it candy. It shows an image of what I'm assuming are chocolate bunnies and candy eggs in a basket (see image), it could easily be explained to a child as stuffed toy bunnies and regular eggs to eat. The book also talks about coloring eggs and wearing your nice Easter clothes. Overall, adorable and I recommend for every first Easter basket!

Great book to read to my baby!

Tomie's art work is great for little ones as the lines are bold, the colors simple and the images clear. The pages are focused with no overcrowding. Perfect for toddlers. Yes, Tomie dePaulo's board books in this wonderful series are too large for little hands to hold but great for adults to read to them. And should the little ones pull at the book, the pages are strong cardboard and will not rip. I have purchased this and many in this series (My First Easter, My First Christmas, My First Book of Carols, My First Mother Goose, My First Book of Rhymes, etc.) for my nephews and nieces from ages 1 to 5. Good for first readers, too! Wonderful!

I wish this book addressed the religious aspects of Easter somehow as well (I generally expect that from dePaola's books), but the illustrations and simple text will be great for my baby's first Easter basket. It's not as cute as the first Thanksgiving one (my 2-yr-old wants to read that one year-round!), but still a sweet little book!

I got this for my grandaughter for her first Easter. Thick board book and I wrote something on the inside cover, signed it Nana and Papa with the year. It does make a religious reference. It's written so a toddler would probably like it, with child appropriate pictures. Good for boys and girls.

Bought for my Grandson’s 1st Easter

This was a great Easter basket gift for each of the 3(!) babies that have been born in the past year in my family. Each family is different and I appreciate that this book is not religion based so that there are no awkward moments. It is short & sweet, adorably illustrated, a good size and well made. Great find!