The Little Engine's Easter Egg Hunt

by Watty Piper, Jannie Ho (Illustrator)

Celebrate Easter with The Little Blue Engine in this original early reader, as she and her friends go on an Easter Egg hunt!Easter's here, and The Little Blue Engine is on the hunt for eggs! But the clown has written a series of riddles for her to follow, and she's not sure she'll be able to solve them all. Will she crack the code? She'll have to work together with her friends and, most importantly, believe in herself! With simple text, clever riddles, and adorable illustrations, this story is perfect for emerging readers and longtime fans of the beloved classic.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 11, 2020

About the author

Pseudonym for the Platt & Munk publishing house.

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 2 out of 5]

First sentence: The Little Engine chugs along happily. Spring is here, and today is Easter! "Happy Easter," toots the Little Engine. "What a great day it is," says the toy clown. "Are you ready to have some fun?" The toy clown has a surprise for his friends. "It is time for an Easter egg hunt!" He says. Everyone cheers.

Premise/plot: The Little Engine (that could) and friends (many friends) are following clues and answering riddles on their hunt for (chocolate) Easter eggs.

My thoughts: This one appears to have first been published in 2020. It is not available in board book form. Holiday board books (and picture books) are in a class of their own, in my opinion. I try to understand why they exist, why they get published (to make money for the publishers, to be bought as gifts). Usually the gimmick is to connect character(s) from an established series (or brand) with a holiday (Easter, Christmas, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, etc.).

I have absolutely nothing against The Little Engine That Could. I don't. It's a delightful enough story. One that I could even read aloud again-again to a train-loving toddler. I think if you have a train-loving toddler then this one would be fine for the Easter basket. But there are better train stories....and better Easter stories. This one is just fine.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

The characters from The Little Engine That Could solve clues on a scavenger hunt to find chocolate Easter eggs. What fun!

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun easter book with Little engine and his friends going on a scavenger hunt to find chocolate eggs. I really liked how the book introduces emergent readers to the scavenger hunt idea, where each stop progressively leads to the end goal.

[Sean Harding · Rating 2 out of 5]

There's daft and there's daft and this is jut now totally bonkers.
Really the old little engine who has pulled trains over mountains is now reduced to hunting for easter eggs?
I get it you want to make as much money out of the old train but this is just dopey.

[Yudha Kartohadiprodjo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely story with a twist

We love the story . Its really cute and great. Our kids love reading it and continue to re read it

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is spring and toy clown invites the little engine on an Easter egg hunt. The other toys help as they follow clues to find the treats. Cute story and illustrations.

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Twee. Never seen a train’s face on the FUNNEL, either.

6/10

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

The little engine helps kids find their Easter candy.

[Calvin Silva · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was a decent book for developing readers and is a good book for the student to read independently by progressing their reading and tying them to the images.

[Robert DiRe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Miserable idea for an egg hunt. Also did not appreciate the repeated innuendo “Puff-puff-chug-chug. They looked high.” I think the author may have nefarious intentions.