Easter will be here before we know it! I’ve got 4 adorable books for you to share with your child this Easter, so not all of their basket is candy! I previously reviewed All Around Bustletown: Winter, and it is just so cute! I know you’ll love these books!
All Around Bustletown Books
Prestel’s new All Around Bustletown series (Board Book $12.95; Ages 2-5; 14 pages) by Rotraut Susanne Berner follows the activities of a charming, bustling town over the course of all four seasons! If you look closer, you’ll recognize the same characters appear on every page, each with their own story.
In the tradition of Richard Scarry and Where’s Waldo, this series encourages kids to return again and again to each spread, following along with the characters and inventing their own stories. They’ll recognize parts of their own world, while also learning about the endless ways we live, work, and play in each season. Kids will spend hours poring over these oversized pages of vibrantly detailed drawings in this joyfully illustrated series.
Praise for the series
“What is it about cross-section illustrations — the kind where you can see everything going on inside a house, upstairs and down, all at once — that makes them so mesmerizing? Berner, one of Germany’s best-known children’s authors and illustrators, excels at these fascinating dollhouse-type scenes, a staple of the German genre known as Wimmelbooks. Hers are jam-packed with old and young characters engaged in prosaic, silly or mysterious activities that young readers can spend hours poring over…Parents and grandparents may be especially susceptible to this giant board book’s old-fashioned charms.” —The New York Times
“[T]his book is more than just a sea of samey same same white faces. Amazing how that contributes to the joy of picking out all the details and repeating characters. A seek-and-find book for the 21st century.” — School Library Journal
All Around Bustletown: Spring
In All Around Bustletown: Spring (2/18/2020; ISBN: 978-3791374093), a house gets a top-to-bottom spring cleaning and farm fields are being prepared for planting. People are shopping, commuting to work, constructing buildings, and meeting friends. If you look closer, you’ll recognize the same characters appear on every page, each with their own story. There’s Wilfred the jogger slipping on a banana peel and his friend Erica who comes to help him. Three cheerful nuns shop, chat, and share a snack at the cafe. A stork surveys all the activity from the sky while a mischievous fox scampers through the streets.
All Around Bustletown: Summer
It’s summer in All Around Bustletown: Summer (4/21/2020; ISBN: 978-3791374208) and that means flowers, picnics, thunderstorms, and bike rides. It’s a busy time for construction workers, farmers, and house painters. Playgrounds are filled with kids and vacationers are boarding trains in droves. In the sky a pair of balloons drifts through every scene, while on the street people of all ages make their way to an outdoor birthday party. There’s even a big storm that turns umbrellas inside out, sends hats flying, but ends in a lovely rainbow.
All Around Bustletown: Fall
The leaves are blowing off the trees and the birds are flying south in All Around Bustletown: Fall (7/21/2020; ISBN: 978-3791374222). Farmers are preparing the fields for winter and kids are back in school. And look, there’s a water main break that’s causing havoc and a chimney sweeper perched on a roof! Each time readers look at these delightfully detailed spreads they’ll discover something new, whether it’s what’s for sale at the outdoor market or how many pumpkins they can spot on a single page. Familiar characters appear on each page–a maestro and a violinist, a balloon-toting nun, and a mom with her baby. All the activity culminates in a harvest celebration lit by dozens of paper lanterns in every shape and size.
All Around Bustletown: Winter
Winter has arrived in All Around Bustletown: Winter (10/2019; ISBN: 978-3791374154) and everywhere you look people are embracing the season. At home there’s baking, reading, and sleeping in, while on the farm the fields are fallow and quiet. Outside people are bundled up against the cold as they are skating, sledding, and running to catch a crowded bus. The town’s buildings are alive with activity–piano lessons, a dentist appointment, shopping for presents, and visiting the museum.
About the author
ROTRAUT SUSANNE BERNER is one of Germany’s most loved children’s authors and has earned a worldwide audience with her popular In the Town All Year ‘Round series. She is a multi-time finalist for the Hans Christian Anderson award, which she won in 2016. She lives in Munich, Germany.
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My favorite Easter memory was one year my mom bought my sister and myself a new dress and a new Easter hat to wear to church. We didn’t have much money as there were 7 of us in the family so I felt really happy to get this.
My favorite Easter memory was knowing my mom was downstairs in the evening before Easter boiling and coloring the Easter eggs and how we were to excited to sleep because we knew there would be an Easter basket the next morning but at the same time wanting to believe the bunny was still coming to fill up the rest of the basket.
It was hunting for chocolate eggs with my brothers and sisters
One favorite memory was when I received a white live pet bunny for Easter.
When our youngest daughter was 11, she received a bunny for Easter from my in-laws.
The full contact Easter Egg hunt with my four sons was so much fun to watch. They had a blast.
One of my best favorite Easter memories of when I was growing up was the lamb Easter cakes my parents best friends use to bring over to our home for Easter dinner every year. That cake was so beautiful to me. My Mothers friend Izzabel sure could make great cakes.
My granddaughters first Easter we got her baby goats, ducks, chicks and rabbits.
My favorite Easter memory is the year mom made my sister and me dotted Swiss dresses with a velvet ribbon bow that tied in the back and pockets.