HomeDiscoverChildrens articlesThe best Easter stories for kidsChildren's reading listsThe best Easter stories for kidsThere’s a dinosaur that pooped Easter, a factory full of chocolate and heaps of other egg-citing adventures. These fun stories will help you hop into Easter with a spring in your step.Puffin team28 March 2023FacebookPinterestTwitterEmailImage: Tanita Montgomery / Penguin The Dinosaur that Pooped Easter! by Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter & Garry Parsons (2023) It’s Easter and Danny and Dino are on the hunt for some Easter eggs in Fairytale Land. And they are looking everywhere – up beanstalks and towers, and inside the houses of fairytale characters. They eventually end up in a cave filled with treasure and eggs galore. Unfortunately, a very grumpy dragon lives in the cave and is not happy that they’ve been poking around. Will Dino’s rumbly tummy help save the day? Spot's First Easter Board Book by Eric Hill (2023) The Easter bunny has been and left some eggs for Spot and his friends to find. So, off they set to hunt out all the chocolate – will you be able to help them find all the eggs? This is a sweet Easter story to share together, and younger readers will love hunting down the eggs with Spot as they lift the flaps on each page. Peter's First Easter by Beatrix Potter (2023) It’s a beautiful spring day and Peter Rabbit’s three sisters Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail are hopping through the woods. They come across some newly hatched chicks, and ducklings playing in the flowers, as well as some more springtime animals. They eventually arrive at their picnic spot and there’s a special someone waiting for them. Can you guess who it could be? The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Surprise by Eric Carle (2023) Reminiscent of the original Very Hungry Caterpillar story, this Easter adventure has peep-through holes on each page. Our favourite caterpillar is looking for some hidden Easter eggs. Could there be one in the cloud? Or maybe there’s one in the rabbit’s den? Little ones will enjoy searching for eggs alongside the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Daisy and the Trouble with Chocolate by Kes Gray (2020) Daisy is in trouble again and this time it’s over the Easter holidays. She’s always had a penchant for sugary treats, and usually, strawberry Dip Dabs and crunchy cream biscuits satisfy her sweet tooth. But now that it’s Easter, it’s all about chocolate. Her mum is taking Daisy to Chocolate Land as a special treat, and she’s been chosen to look after her class’s hamsters over the Easter break. The trouble with chocolate and hamsters though is that they shouldn’t mix… Roald Dahl: Easter EGGstravaganza by Roald Dahl (2022) Chocolate-loving chiddlers will enjoy devouring this book from the Roald Dahl world. In this licky sticky celebration of Easter, readers will discover all the different fun to be had with chocolate eggs. A great additional Easter gift, young children will love the fun rhymes alongside our favourite Dahl characters. My Brother's Hot Cross Bottom by Jeremy Strong (2009) Nicholas and his family have hatched a plan to make a homemade incubator and hatch eggs for the school’s Easter fare. Everything is going well until the eggs start mysteriously disappearing… and all the while the new rabbits, Saucepan and Nibblewibble, cause mayhem in the garden. A hilariously silly read about an egg-ceptionally unconventional family at Easter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (1964) Although not technically an Easter story, if you want a book that involves lots of chocolate, this is the one for you! Charlie Bucket is an ordinary boy who wins an extraordinary prize – a Golden Ticket tour around the infamous Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Charlie can’t believe his luck as, along with four other repulsively delightful children, he steps inside the most incredible chocolate-filled factory of wonder. Little do the children know what Willy Wonka, the most unusual chocolate maker in the world, has in store for them! Everlasting gobstoppers at the ready, this is a scrumdiddlyumptious, rip-roaring read.
