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  • If Animals Celebrated Easter (If Animals Kissed Good Night)

If Animals Celebrated Easter
(If Animals Kissed Good Night)

Author
Ann Whitford Paul
Illustrator
David Walker
Publication Date
January 07, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
If Animals Celebrated Easter (If Animals Kissed Good Night)
Description

A must-have for any nursery! If Animals Celebrated Easter is another charming picture book in the bestselling If Animals Kissed Goodnight series that imagines springtime celebration from creatures all across the animal kingdom - making it a perfect gift for Easter baskets.

What if animals did what YOU do?

Colt would weave a basket of hay. Calf would splat-splatter his eggs with spots. Mama and Lamb would lead their friends in a parade. All the farm animals would celebrate Easter in their own special way.

Featuring playful rhymes and adorable art, little ones can see how creatures, great and small, celebrate Easter. Families will giggle along as they imagine the critters that inhabit places near and far. A wonderful gift for baby showers, birthdays, new parents, or any occasion!

Don't miss the other books in this adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, If Animals Went to School, If Animals Gave Thanks, If Animals Tried to Be Kind, If Animals Trick-or-Treated, and If Animals Went to Work.

Publication date
January 07, 2025
Genre
Fiction
Page Count
32
ISBN-13
9780374390587
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Series
If Animals Kissed Good Night
BISAC categories
JUV002370 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Baby Animals
JUV017020 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Easter & Lent

School Library Journal

Toddler-K--Animals large and small hurriedly prepare for this year's Easter celebration at the farm. After a busy day of weaving baskets and dip-dyeing eggs, each barnyard family settles in on Easter eve for one more sleep before Rabbit's treat-laden visit. After waking and enjoying Rabbit's tasty gifts, from jelly bean kibble for Puppy to candied grass for Lamb, the animals of the farm gather at Rabbit's den to say their thanks for the wonderful day. With this title's inclusion of literacy skill-supporting devices of rhyming, concept recognition, animal sounds, and vocabulary, it has all of the right ingredients for a winning holiday picture book. Despite these strengths, the combination of text and illustration feels a little stale, and the hazy, pastel aesthetic of the artwork looks dated. VERDICT Suitable Easter basket fodder, but not outstanding enough to make the cut for most library collections.--Sarah Simpson

Copyright 2024 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Kirkus

A sweet Easter primer for the youngest of snuggle bunnies.

Ann Whitford Paul
Ann Whitford Paul and David Walker collaborate on the If Animals series, including If Animals Kissed Good Night, which School Library Journal calls "charming"; If Animals Went to School; and If Animals Celebrated Christmas. Ann lives in Los Angeles, California. David lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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