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25+ Books About Easter and Rabbits That Students Love

Discover a wide range of egg-cellent books to captivate your class.  

By Scholastic Editors
March 19, 2025

Add extra bounce to your lesson plans with sweet books about rabbits and Easter. These books can be incorporated into a variety of spring lesson plans, including those about spring celebrations and weather patterns.

Read There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick! to your class — a hilarious book about Easter items the old lady swallows, like candy and a basket! The rhyming text and funny illustrations are a great way to engage your students and get them excited about Easter.

Plus, check out our collection of teaching ideas for April.

Teach your students fun facts about rabbits with A Colony of Rabbits — a nonfiction book packed with pictures and information about their bodies, diet, habitat, and life cycles. Your class will be thrilled to share the fascinating information they learn with their friends and family. 

Whether your class is exploring changes in the weather or you simply need an engaging story for class read-alouds, these egg-cellent books will have students excited to learn more.

Shop books about Easter and rabbits below! You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store.

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick!

Grades Pre-K - K
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This time, the hungry old lady swallows a chick, some straw, an egg, some candy, a basket, and a bow! And just as she's hopping and skipping along, who should she meet but the Easter Bunny! Watch what happens when she trips, with amazing results! 

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It's time for an Easter party! Princess Truly and her dog, Sir Noodles, are on the hunt for eggs and treats. There's a special guest at the party -- the Easter Bunny! But when it's the Easter Bunny's time to go, his wagon gets stuck! Princess Truly knows exactly what to do. With a shake of her magical, sparkling curls, she helps the Easter Bunny get on his way and saves the day!

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National Geographic Kids Readers: Hop, Bunny!

Grades Pre-K - K
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Hop, Bunny! uses simple vocabulary and fun pictures to capture the interest and help develop the skills of beginning readers.

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Happy Easter! (Peppa Pig)

Grades Pre-K
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This adorable egg-shaped board book is perfect for little ones. It can be tucked inside Easter baskets, given as a gift, or read aloud at storytime.

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Peppa Pig: Peppa's Easter Egg Hunt

Grades Pre-K - K
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It's springtime, and Grandpa Pig has set up an Easter egg hunt for Peppa Pig and her friends! Join them as they search for delicious chocolate eggs.

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The Pout-Pout Fish: Easter Surprise

Grades Pre-K - K
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Join Mr. Fish and his friends on their annual Easter egg hunt. Is this the year when Pout-Pout Fish finally comes home with an egg of his own?

 

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Not an Egg!

Grades Early Learning - Pre-K
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Can YOU guess what's hiding under the flap? Little ones will love lifting the egg-shaped flaps in this sweet springtime board book, revealing adorable animals like bunnies and chicks hiding underneath. Promoting curiosity and creativity, and told with bright patterns, colorful artwork, and lift-the-flaps that encourage fine motor skills, Not an Egg! from author and illustrator Susie Lee Jin is sure to be a hit with your baby or toddler!

 

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Baby Shark: Happy Easter, Baby Shark!

Grades Pre-K - K
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Sing, dance, and read along to this Easter song, featuring Baby Shark and all his friends! Kids will delight in this silly illustrated story as Baby Shark and his friends go on an underwater Easter egg hunt.  A picture guide at the back of the book helps readers dance along to the song, act out the hand and foot movements, and develop their fine motor skills.

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Is this the year you'll be able to catch the Easter bunny in action? Start an Easter tradition with this fun and funny children's book, from the New York Times bestselling creators of How to Catch a Leprechaun!

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Grades Pre-K - 1
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For those who may not remember, Peter sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden to feast on fresh vegetables, ignoring the good example set by his siblings, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail. Nearly caught by the rake-wielding gardener, Peter makes a narrow escape but loses his new jacket and shoes in the process. Exhausted from his adventure, Peter gets a dose of medicinal chamomile tea and is put to bed early, while Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail feast on bread, milk, and blackberries for supper.

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Hopgood Concept Books: Hooray for Hoppy!

Grades Pre-K - 1
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When Hoppy the rabbit wakes up on the first day of spring, he discovers a world full of wonderful things. He uses all five senses to sniff the fresh air, listen to the birds sing, taste the fresh grass, watch the lambs in the meadow, and touch the warm ground. Illustrated in bright, bold collage, this story about seasonal change and sensory perception makes a warm and cozy readaloud.

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Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit

Grades Pre-K - 1
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This sweet board book is a gentle introduction to the ideas of adaptation, hibernation, and migration, and an exuberant celebration of changing seasons.

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White Rabbit's Color Book

Grades Pre-K - 1
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One inquisitive hop and splash goes White Rabbit into a bucket of yellow paint. Soon, the little rabbit is jumping from bucket to bucket and learning all about how colors mix.

 

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The Littlest Easter Bunny

Grades Pre-K - 1
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In this Easter-themed addition to the Littlest series, Penny is the littlest bunny in Easter town.

 

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A bucket of Easter-egg dye creates the most colorful Clifford adventure yet, and gets Emily ready for an unforgettable holiday.

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The Rabbit House

Grades Pre-K - 1
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A girl helps her dad build a rabbit house.

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The Dumb Bunnies' Easter

Grades Pre-K - 2
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Momma Bunny is really dumb. Poppa Bunny is even dumber. And Baby Bunny is the dumbest bunny of all. So on December 24th, these silly rabbits trim the tree, stuff the turkey, and wait for the Easter Bunny to bring them presents. 

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Peppa Pig: Easter Surprise

Grades Pre-K - K
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Join television favorite Peppa and her friends on their wonderful adventures!

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How to Track an Easter Bunny

Grades Pre-K - 2
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Sue Fliess's poetic read-aloud text and Simona Sanfilippo's vibrant, whimsical illustrations will provide much fun for young readers eager to track the Easter Bunny and find her hidden eggs!

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Gabby's Dollhouse: The Easter Kitty Bunny

Grades Pre-K - K
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When Gabby unboxes an Easter basket with an egg inside, all the Gabby Cats want to know what will hatch. But when the egg rolls away, Gabby and Pandy must go on a springtime search through the Dollhouse to find it. Will they find the Easter Kitty Bunny along the way?

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Hey, You're Not the Easter Bunny!

Grades Pre-K - K
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The Easter Bunny is hard at work hiding eggs for an Easer Egg Hunt. But when he needs to dash back to Easter Island to get more eggs, an unlike hero―an ostrich!―has to put on the bunny ears. She hops into the yard with basket in tow, and is met by a little girl who is eager to start the hunt for eggs. Will this ostrich be able to save Easter? Or will this little girl realize... "Hey! You're NOT the Easter Bunny!"

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Tibbar, the backward bunny, does everything the opposite from what's expected, walking backwards and going up the down stairs.

 

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Learn About: A Colony of Rabbits

Grades K - 2
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What do you call a group of rabbits? A fluffle! Discover why this interesting mammal lives in groups, where they live, and what they eat. With amazing photos and lively text, this book takes you inside a burrow, tells you the differences between wild rabbits and pets, and teaches you what you can do to help conserve and protect rabbits.

 

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Rabbits and Raindrops

Grades Pre-K - K
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Mother rabbit's five babies hop out of her nest to nibble clover, meet grasshoppers, spiders, and bees, play tag, and run for shelter when it rains.

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Five Bouncing Bunnies

Grades Pre-K
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These five bouncing bunnies are ready for the Easter season in this shaped, tabbed board book with flocking and foil. The lilting rhyme and sweet bunny illustrations will have your little one jumping for more.

 

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My Friend Rabbit

Grades Pre-K - 1
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When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a brand-new picture book about friends and toys and trouble.

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Zomo the Rabbit

Grades 2 - 3
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He is not big. He is not strong. But he is very clever! Sky God says that if Zomo can do three impossible tasks, he will give Zomo wisdom. The three difficult tasks are: collect scales from Big Fish, milk from Strong Cow, and a tooth from Leopard. Is Zomo clever enough to do the impossible? Simple, rhythmic language and dazzling art influenced by African design combine to bring this traditional West African tale alive.

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