How the Easter Bunny Saved Christmas

by Derek Anderson

Book Overview

When Santa gets knocked out by a toy train, there's no telling what will become of Christmas. But when Easter Bunny shows up to help, faster than you can say "jack rabbit," Christmas is sure to carry on like normal...or will it?

Join the Easter Bunny and the eight smartest reindeers this side of the North Pole on their quest to start the sleigh in the right direction, to put all the presents under the proper trees, and to keep the old bunny...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689876343
• ISBN13: 9780689876349
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.7" x 12.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Hysterical

Very funny...keeps the kids interested over and over. The pictures are bright and illustrations are great. Great story from beginning to end. The kids love the silly names for the reindeer!

Great Idea! Great Book!

Kids and adults will both love this book which combines the two favourites of children and biggest names and in the gift delivery business in the one picture book. As well as being a clever idea it also teaches children that when somebody is doing someone else a favour we (in this case we is being lived vicariously through the reindeers) should be less critical of the way they are doing things and instead be more helpful, being that being helpful will get the task done smoother and a lot quicker. A really good book that you can bring out again around Easter as well. The story begins with Santa having a work place health and safety accident involving a toy train that some elf hadn't put where it was supposed to go. Out of action there is no way he will be able to fulfill his duties of delivering presents around the globe. No mere human or elf for that matter can pull of this magical task except there is another who makes the same journey around Easter. However there's a few differences in the normal operating procedure of the Easter Bunny, firstly Easter Bunny does not deliver in Winter (this book is set in the Northern Hemisphere) so has a few problems with the snow and cold temperature. Easter Bunny places his chocolate eggs wherever he wants to but Santa has given him instructions as to specific places to put presents for each child. These aren't always clear and Easter Bunny makes some mistakes like putting presents under the tree in the garden outside instead of Christmas tree. Also Santa's diet of milk and cookies isn't appropriate for a rabbit but of course the children didn't know Easter Bunny would be filling in. These and many more hurdles are in the way of the Easter Bunny pulling off Santa's mammoth task and initially the reindeer just criticise and mumble to themselves before it dawns on them what the importance of this night is, and that Easter Bunny is doing Santa a favour so maybe they should be helping him.