Perfect Picture Book FridayTitle: The Easter Egg Artists
Author/Illustrator: Adrienne Adams
Publisher/Year: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1976
Age Level: 3-8
Genre: fiction, picture book
Themes/topics: Easter, artists, family, vacation
Opening and synopsis: “There are Abbotts and there are Abbotts. These Abbotts are rabbits. The rabbit Abbots make the designs on Easter eggs.”
Orson Rabbit’s parents, who paint Easter eggs, follow Orson on his amazing journey in search of his own artistic style.
I like this book because of the wonderful warm and intricate paintings by this author /illustrator, but also because of the wonderful Montessori-style lesson in ‘following the child’.
Resources: color mixing at home: http://creatingcuriouskids.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/easter-egg-color-mixing/
See Susanna Hill Leonard’s blog for the Perfect Picture Books List of reviews.
Lovely and fun Easter book for kids. I like the message and the book cover is very engaging. I was surprised there weren’t more Easter books today. Glad you shared this treasure.
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Thanks, I would have appreciated more Easter books too!
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Wow, if only our eggs were that beautiful. What amazing art. I wonder if our library has this one?
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Or try to look for another of hers I know, The Christmas Party.
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I’ve never heard of this book before, the cover art is beautiful. Thank you!
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Hope your local library has it – it really is beautiful!
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What a great book for Easter! It sounds like a cute story – not the usual Easter bunny story 🙂
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I’ve renewed it so many times from the library because I like the story SOOOO much!
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Another Easter book, how nice! Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
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A cool unique Easter book. I love this message and so want to see the illustrations inside, now!
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What fun word play, that is adorable!
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The opening lines are so appealing. I have to read this one!
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