{"id":6915,"date":"2025-04-14T15:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/?p=6915"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:51:04","slug":"recommended-reads-for-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/recommended-reads-for-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Reads for Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Written by:<\/strong> Elaine, Library HQ<\/p>\n<p>I thought it would be fun to share some reading suggestions for children this Easter and to show some of the variety of Easter themed books we have in the library. All of the titles below can be requested from your local branch or online using the <a href=\"https:\/\/kildare.spydus.ie\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/MSGTRN\/WPAC\/HOME\"><strong>Kildare library service catalog<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.hodgesfiggis.ie\/bookjackets\/large\/9781\/4449\/9781444980219.jpg\" alt=\"Stories for Easter\" width=\"205\" height=\"313\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Stories for Easter by Enid Blyton<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A collection of springtime theme short stories by Enid Blyton.<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for ages 7+.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hachette.com.au\/content\/books\/9781408369623.jpg\" alt=\"Rainbow Magic: Eliza the Easter Bunny Fairy by Daisy Meadows - Books - Hachette Australia\" width=\"215\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Eliza the Easter Bunny Fairy by Daisy Meadows<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rachel, Kirsty, Gracie and Khadijah must help Eliza the Easter Bunny Fairy get her magical charms back from Jack Frost.<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for ages 5+.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easons.com\/images\/m\/45f317299b05c8a\/original\/9780745977461_5638420301.jpg\" alt=\"On that Easter morning\" width=\"233\" height=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>On That Easter Morning by Elena Pasquali<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This retelling of the Easter story brings the familiar events to life.<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for ages 5 to 9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/8100ENgh0-L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg\" alt=\"The Easter Story: Amazon.co.uk: Wildsmith, Brian: 9780192727299: Books\" width=\"253\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>The Easter Story by Brian Wildsmith<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The story of the last days of Jesus&#8217; life, his crucifixion, and resurrection, as seen through the eyes of a small donkey.<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for ages 3+.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookoutlet.ca\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.bookoutlet.com%2Fcovers%2Flarge%2Fisbn978152%2F9781526306432-l.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Happy Easter: The Festival of New Life by Joyce Bentley - Book Outlet\" width=\"257\" height=\"289\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Happy Easter : the festival of new life by Joyce Bentley<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Discover the Christian customs, origins and traditions surrounding Easter.<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for ages 6 to 9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ddkgxe55ca6c.cloudfront.net\/assets\/t1527850125\/a\/44\/a2\/186260-ml-1734875.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Bunny's Chocolate Factory - Scholastic Shop\" width=\"255\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><em>Mr Bunny&#8217;s chocolate factory by Elys Dolan<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The chickens of Mr. Bunny&#8217;s chocolate factory are happy with their work, until greedy owner, Mr Bunny, decides they need to increase production, at the expense of tea breaks, holidays, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for ages 3+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elaine from Kildare Library HQ has some great recommended reads for children, which are perfect for the Easter weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182174489,"featured_media":6917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6925997,1343,161225064,58361024],"tags":[7215,178,702194613],"class_list":["post-6915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews-and-recommendations","category-children","category-children-0-5","category-children-6-9","tag-book-review","tag-books","tag-kildare-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182174489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6915"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6919,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915\/revisions\/6919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}