Easter Bunny The First - Hardcover

Penn, Audrey

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798992262308

Publisher: Writing Penn LLC, 2025

Synopsis

Rabbits don't lay eggs. So why is a Bunny delivering colorful eggs to children at Easter? Author Audrey Penn spoke with Father Winter and Mother Nature and learned the secret to this question. The secret is revealed in Easter Bunny The First.

Children in a nearby village waited eagerly for the first day of Spring. When that day arrived, they raced to the forest to witness the first signs of the new season. They searched for colorful tree buds, new green shoots, and branches of the bright yellow forsythia, but found none. For Father Winter had covered the forest in a fresh, new blanket of glistening white snow. Day after day, the children returned and searched for the first signs of Spring. And day after day, they returned home disappointed. One day, they stopped coming at all.

The birds and animals were also disappointed. They did not understand why the children stopped returning to the forest.

"Perhaps they don't know Spring has arrived," explained Mother Nature.

"Then we must bring Spring to the children," tweeted the bluebird.

The forest animals constructed a special nest. When it was complete, every bird in the forest placed one of her colorful eggs, plus a tuft of grass, inside.

Mother Nature asked, "Who will carry the nest to the children?"

The birds had to sit on their other eggs. The bear was hungry after hibernating and had to eat. The fox said villagers were afraid he'd eat their chickens. The raccoon had a baby kit. And the skunk thought it best to keep his stink in the forest. The turtle volunteered, but Mother Nature worried he might not get there until fall. Finally, Mrs. Rabbit volunteered her oldest bunny.

Read where a colorful bird's egg and a pair of snowy footprints takes you.

About this title

About the Authors

Audrey Penn is the author of the perennial bestseller, The Kissing Hand (Kissing Hand Books series) as well as other award-winning children's books. She takes her one-woman educational program, The Writing Penn, into schools, libraries, and children's hospitals, where she shapes and refines her story ideas in partnership with kids. A resident of Durham, NC, she is a sought-after conference speaker for groups of teachers and other professionals who work with children. To learn more about Audrey Penn, please visit www.audreypenn.com.

Monica Wyrick spent hours drawing and creating with her nine siblings in Ohio. Art has always been an important part of her life, leading her to a Fine Arts degree. Monica has taught elementary-age art classes for over 20 years and enjoys creating art with and for children. She has illustrated eight children's books; her first was Feathers and Fur, also written by Audrey Penn. Monica enjoys traveling to faraway places, hiking, history, and art.

Edition details

• Publisher: Writing Penn LLC
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798992262308
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Wyrick Monica
• Number of pages: 36