It's that time of the year when adults play Easter Bunny and leave baskets of goodies for the children in their lives.

The baskets are filled with chocolate bunnies, plastic eggs with candy, furry, fluffy stuffed animals and other goodies. A goodie I would love to see added to this year's Easter basket is a good book. Here is a short list of new books that kids will enjoy reading.

Pre-school-third grade:
Wink: The Ninja Who Wanted to Be Nocitced by J.C. Phillipps
Patricia von Pleasantsquirrel by James Proimos
Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields
Auntie Tiger by Laurence Yep
Boo-Hoo Moo by Margie Palatini
The One and Only Marigold by Florence Parry Heide
The Trouble with Dragons by Debi Gliori
Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners by Laurie Keller

Fourth Grade-Sixth Grade
I, Lorelei by Yeardley Smith
Adventure According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
Ivy + Bean Take Care of the Babysitter by Annie Barrows
The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy by Diane Stanley
You're a Badman, Mr. Gum by Andy Stanton
No Talking by Andrew Clements
I Put a Spell on You by Adam Selzer

Seventh Grade-Twelveth Grade
Reaching Out by Francisco Jimenez (5th and up)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film About The Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman (9th and up)
Torched by April Henry (8th and up)

Books are the Easter basket gift that keeps on giving.
Happy Easter!