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Otter
Otter Loves Easter!
Otter—the irrepressible picture book character, sure to be adored by fans of Llama Llama—celebrates Easter with a little too much chocolate and a lot of creativity in this paper-over-board book. This year the Easter Bunny brought Otter lots of chocolate eggs—her favorite! Otter Keeper said she had to share them with her friends, but sharing is very hard . . . and eating chocolate is very easy. Otter didn’t want Teddy, Giraffe, and Pig to be sad, though. Someone had to save Easter—and she knew just the right Otter for the job! With Otter's winning voice and Sam Garton's classic yet fresh artwork, Otter Loves Easter! is sure to be another holiday favorite.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 24, 2017
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About the author
Sam Garton
13 books161 followersI’m Sam, I’m 33 and I live in Wokingham! I have a degree in illustration and I spend most of my time drawing Otters whilst generally making a mess and thinking about why I still haven’t bought a kitten. I like putting inappropriate sweets in the freezer (Jelly tots) and my favourite film is Homeward bound. I wish I looked cool wearing headbands but I don’t. Oh and I’m rubbish at looking after house plants.
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January 30, 2017
Adorable as always, with a great message.
May 16, 2017
This otter is so cute that I always just want to squeeze her!
February 20, 2017
The Hubs gave me this as a Valentine's Day gift, and it was the perfect gift, because I LOVE it!
This book has a bit more conflict than previous Otter books (spoiler alert): Otter gets a huge amount of delightful-looking candy for Easter, and snarfles up all the chocolate in one sitting - tell me, who, from toddler to adult, hasn't done this at least once, if not every year? She then feels rather sick (big surprise). Instead of eating the the nice breakfast Keeper makes, she decides to take an immediate nap (feel that sugar rush!) on the chair. (In all honesty, this is ME, every Easter.) When she wakes, her keeper explains she needs to share the candy she received for Easter with her friends. But OH NO! as we riveted readers know, she already ate it all.
Of course, Otter comes up with an excellent solution and executes the solution as only she can. The graphics are as delightful as always, and this story is so authentic (for me at least - this actually happens in my home every year except the hubs thankfully never expects me to share. Hmm. Maybe that's why he bought me the book before Easter....).
Regardless of any plot on the part of my husband to stop me from gobbling all the candy, this is my favorite Otter book so far. I'm sure it will be yours, or, should you be kind enough to share this with your children, theirs, too.
This book has a bit more conflict than previous Otter books (spoiler alert): Otter gets a huge amount of delightful-looking candy for Easter, and snarfles up all the chocolate in one sitting - tell me, who, from toddler to adult, hasn't done this at least once, if not every year? She then feels rather sick (big surprise). Instead of eating the the nice breakfast Keeper makes, she decides to take an immediate nap (feel that sugar rush!) on the chair. (In all honesty, this is ME, every Easter.) When she wakes, her keeper explains she needs to share the candy she received for Easter with her friends. But OH NO! as we riveted readers know, she already ate it all.
Of course, Otter comes up with an excellent solution and executes the solution as only she can. The graphics are as delightful as always, and this story is so authentic (for me at least - this actually happens in my home every year except the hubs thankfully never expects me to share. Hmm. Maybe that's why he bought me the book before Easter....).
Regardless of any plot on the part of my husband to stop me from gobbling all the candy, this is my favorite Otter book so far. I'm sure it will be yours, or, should you be kind enough to share this with your children, theirs, too.
April 13, 2017
"The Easter Bunny had brought me lots of chocolate eggs.
I love the Easter Bunny!"
Otter Loves Easter is a children's book filled with bright, beautiful illustrations and tells the story of Otter and his friends as they celebrate Easter.
The illustrations throughout the book are bright and engaging and children will love the simplicity of the characters such as Otter and Giraffe. Giraffe is probably my most favorite character throughout the story. He is so bright and colorful and is Otter's best bud.
I love how the story incorporates numbers which helps to teach younger children how to count and use numbers. The story also teaches the importance of sharing with others which in turn teaches respect, friendship, and caring for others.
"My friends were so happy to have eggs of their own,
and we all agreed that sharing is very important."
Otter makes a wrong choice in the story and once he learns from his mistake then he realizes that sharing his Easter presents with his friends makes him so much happier than playing with them alone. Otter even has fun helping his friends find all of the hidden Easter eggs! Otter learns that sharing anything is better with friends!
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I love the Easter Bunny!"
Otter Loves Easter is a children's book filled with bright, beautiful illustrations and tells the story of Otter and his friends as they celebrate Easter.
The illustrations throughout the book are bright and engaging and children will love the simplicity of the characters such as Otter and Giraffe. Giraffe is probably my most favorite character throughout the story. He is so bright and colorful and is Otter's best bud.
I love how the story incorporates numbers which helps to teach younger children how to count and use numbers. The story also teaches the importance of sharing with others which in turn teaches respect, friendship, and caring for others.
"My friends were so happy to have eggs of their own,
and we all agreed that sharing is very important."
Otter makes a wrong choice in the story and once he learns from his mistake then he realizes that sharing his Easter presents with his friends makes him so much happier than playing with them alone. Otter even has fun helping his friends find all of the hidden Easter eggs! Otter learns that sharing anything is better with friends!
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February 14, 2017
Delightful. An Easter story that turns into a good story with plenty of humor about sharing. Otter certainly received a lot of candy from the Easter Bunny, and he suffers from his lack of sharing, but all will end well. Sam Garton thinks very childlike in the text and pouring over his illustrations is a delight. Did I say that the end papers are a delightful Easter design with lavender and light yellow as the colors.
February 6, 2017
Another wonderful story from Otter! She is always so funny and clever! This made me laugh out loud! There is a great lesson too. And the artwork is beyond amazing. So much creativity and detail as usual from Sam Garton. His style is always refreshing. There is always something new to find and Otter is just too cute in this book in particular. This may be my most favourite otter book yet! 10/10
March 9, 2017
One of my favorite lines from a children's book "But sharing is very hard. Because eating chocolate is very easy." Absolutely, otter.
March 20, 2017
Sharing is hard because eating chocolate is easy.
Oh, Otter, you understand me.
Oh, Otter, you understand me.
February 3, 2017
This Easter Otter has to lean to share. This book focuses more on eggs and sharing then the easter story, which is fine for this reader, by may not be fine for other. The illustrations, as always, are on point and enjoyable. Next please.
March 25, 2017
I just love Otter and these Illustrations are just so cute!!!
April 18, 2017
The picture spread with the easter egg hunt is bar far the best part of the book. Kids will love searching for all the hidden eggs.
March 15, 2017
As always, the lightness and fun of Otter (and friends) will delight little readers and parents alike.
May 18, 2018
Another classic from Otter and gang.
"But sharing is very hard. Because eating chocolate is very easy."
"But sharing is very hard. Because eating chocolate is very easy."
March 7, 2017
This Otter book is not as cute as the other ones I have read. All it did was make me hungry for Caburry Eggs! Thanks :-(
February 21, 2017
I felt the beginning of this book is a bit confusing, I had to go back and re-read the beginning to figure out who was narrating the book. Hmmm....
I do like the message of sharing with others. The illustrations are colorful yet have a white background which makes them a bit calming.
I do like the message of sharing with others. The illustrations are colorful yet have a white background which makes them a bit calming.
March 7, 2017
As I have come to expect from this series, Otter is delightfully expressive and the story is humorous and charming with a smirk-inducing twist at the end. But the part that amused me the most is the random cat sunbathing on the garden shed roof. The little things like that, and like the paper containing "Otter's list of best things ever!" on the first page, never cease to entertain me.
January 25, 2018
The illustrations were okay but I was really disappointed with the message of the book. I feel like the author was trying so hard to teach about sharing but in the end Otter didn't end up having to share them anyways so now he had his original candy plus all the Easter eggs from the hunt he created for his friends.
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February 6, 2017
Otter is back and in trouble as she ate all the Easter candy without sharing. Little ones listening just might want to follow Otter's lead in making it right for all her stuffed friends.
March 16, 2018
Easter morning Otter wakes excited to find various things next to her bed: 1 bag of jelly beans, 4 medium-size eggs, 1 gold bunny, 1 pair of bunny ears, and more. She races into Otter Keeper to share what she's found. But soon she regrets going to him since she is told to share her eggs with friends. Reluctantly she gives one to Giraffe, but has to snatch the egg back because it is HERS, Otter's egg! By breakfast, Otter is feeling a little sick from eating candy and not sharing, after all, sharing is hard and eating chocolate is easy. But after a nap, she is better. Almost. Otter remembers that she’s not shared treats and ruined Easter for friends. (If you’re not familiar with the series Otter's friends, unlike her, are stuffed animals.) So she puts on the Easter ears that she received and asks Otter Keeper to help save Easter. But will it be that easy?
Cons: This could be a problem with some reading the book. *Spoiler Alert* Otter tries to save Easter, by making Easter eggs and hiding them for friends to find. . . with Otter’s help since friends aren’t real, she helps her friends find the eggs. We then see Otter proudly taking their pictures with the eggs they now have. Here's what may bother some: to say thank you to Otter, her friends all do something very kind, they give their eggs to Otter.
Pros: Regarding above: I tend to look at this as Otter not wanting more eggs for herself, but that she cares enough about not doing the right thing, sharing, that she tries to make her wrong, right. With her stuffed animal friends that can’t eat the eggs, the story shows the animals doing a kind thing, giving the eggs back to Otter.
As with all of the Sam Garton books I’ve read, I love the illustrations and small moral interwoven. Especially, if the reader talks to children about Otter’s motives to do something for her friends, I don’t see the above, under Cons, being a problem at all.
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March 26, 2018
in a rush to find an easter book to read aloud to my students today, i picked this one up as it was new/non circulated/and theme appropriate -- and i wish i didn't. the book is a bore. i asked my students if they enjoyed the book (because i was questioning in my mind whether it was just me who thought it was a dud), and the majority of them didn't like the book. the main complaint was that the text was too short and too simple. mind you, they're seven years old and according to accelerated reader, the book is considered to have an upper second grade reading level. i, myself, felt that the story concept was a bore and otter's attempt at sharing was flat because he'd already shown how greedy he was to begin with, but my students are still learning to articulate those kinds of dislikes so their comments didn't mirror my opinion of the book in that regard. that said, generally speaking, i think i don't really like otter at all. i didn't care for the halloween book either. maybe this character and his environment - and the writer's writing - just don't work for me as a whole. i think i'm done trying to read anymore books about otter, otter keeper, and their friends. i don't care for them, and my students don't care for them, so it's a wrap. no bueno.
February 25, 2018
Garton, Sam Otter Loves Easter! PICTURE BOOK. HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. $9.99. Content: G.
Otter absolutely loves Easter! He loves Easter because the Easter Bunny leaves him a lot of candy and chocolate. When his Otter Keeper reminds him to share his candy with the other toys, Otter really struggles. It’s HIS candy. And he eats it all. When it’s time for breakfast he is no longer hungry and takes a nap instead. When he wakes up, he realizes that all of his candy is gone and he did not share any of it with his friends. Otter then makes a plan to throw a surprise Easter Egg Hunt for everyone. The hunt was a huge success and Otter learns that sharing is very important!
This is a great book on sharing. Little ones will relate to the problem of wanting to keep treats or toys to themselves instead of making others happy by sharing. The illustrations are very cute and children will love this great Easter book.
Pre-K. EL (K-3). OPTIONAL. Reviewer: SL.
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Otter absolutely loves Easter! He loves Easter because the Easter Bunny leaves him a lot of candy and chocolate. When his Otter Keeper reminds him to share his candy with the other toys, Otter really struggles. It’s HIS candy. And he eats it all. When it’s time for breakfast he is no longer hungry and takes a nap instead. When he wakes up, he realizes that all of his candy is gone and he did not share any of it with his friends. Otter then makes a plan to throw a surprise Easter Egg Hunt for everyone. The hunt was a huge success and Otter learns that sharing is very important!
This is a great book on sharing. Little ones will relate to the problem of wanting to keep treats or toys to themselves instead of making others happy by sharing. The illustrations are very cute and children will love this great Easter book.
Pre-K. EL (K-3). OPTIONAL. Reviewer: SL.
http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2018/...
February 18, 2020
When Otter fails to share his Easter treats after he was told to, he feels bad and organizes an egg hunt for his "friends."
A cute story told from a pet otter's perspective and you never see his "keepers" face... humorous. I really enjoyed the details in the illustrations, like the French press at the breakfast table, the messes otter makes (just like a child), and the flat soccer ball in the yard.
The egg hunt page is like a search and find which is fun!
This was my first book of this series and I found Otter to be funny and cute.
A cute story told from a pet otter's perspective and you never see his "keepers" face... humorous. I really enjoyed the details in the illustrations, like the French press at the breakfast table, the messes otter makes (just like a child), and the flat soccer ball in the yard.
The egg hunt page is like a search and find which is fun!
This was my first book of this series and I found Otter to be funny and cute.
March 21, 2021
“Sharing is very hard. Because eating chocolate is very easy.”
Otter loves his Easter eggs and candy, but when Otter Keeper says he needs to share with his friends, Otter doesn’t think he can ... even when he tries to share with giraffe, he has to take the egg back. “It was mine.” After a nap (and a belly ache), however, Otter realizes that his friends didn’t get any eggs and someone needs to do something about that. Who will save Easter?
Otter loves his Easter eggs and candy, but when Otter Keeper says he needs to share with his friends, Otter doesn’t think he can ... even when he tries to share with giraffe, he has to take the egg back. “It was mine.” After a nap (and a belly ache), however, Otter realizes that his friends didn’t get any eggs and someone needs to do something about that. Who will save Easter?
March 13, 2020
Otter wakes up to many Easter treats and is happy until the Otter Keeper suggests that Otter share. Reluctantly at first, Otter eventually finds a sharing solution. This was our first introduction to Otter and my kids would like the read the other Otter holiday books eventually. Overall this one was a cute enough book, but not one I’d really reach for again.
March 24, 2024
This just comes across to weird to me. I don't like the phrase "otter keeper". It's weird that a pet otter is even getting an Easter Basket from the Easter Bunny, which I also just don't enjoy the culture of. It's even weirder that not being selfish is illustrated by sharing with stuffed animals. The stuffed bear even has weird eyes.
May 28, 2020
Not quite as poignant as Otter overcoming Halloween fears, but it is still pretty cute. I think generally the readers' keepers would not allow the overindulgence in chocolate that Otter is not able to resist.
February 27, 2022
Otter learns it isn't wise to eat all the Easter treats before breakfast. Also the importance of sharing. The center page with the egg hunt is a beautiful look and find. I love the illustrations in these books.
March 16, 2025
When Otter receives an Easter basket filled with treats and goodies, his reluctance to share leads to a negative outcome. Otter decides to do the right thing and tries to salvage Easter for his friends.
February 22, 2017
I have now found the book I will read to kick off this year's Egg Hunt!
May 11, 2017
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