Otter loves Easter!

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 13, 2017

Review

This is a light-hearted, secular, cautionary tale for those little ones obsessed with Easter treats. Otter is so excited on Easter morning because of the many treats left for him at the end of his bed. After counting up his trove of sweets, illustrated with some numerical values, he runs to tell Otter keeper who quickly expects Otter to share with his stuffed animal friends. Otter ends up eating all the candy himself and feeling too sick to eat breakfast. After a nap, he creates an Easter egg hunt in the backyard for his friends, who lie around the backyard in a way reminiscent of deflated lawn ornaments. Somehow his friends gift all their eggs back to him! The digital illustrations carry a bright pastel color scheme with the focus on Otter in each spread with lots of white space. In contrast, the two page spread depicting Otter, with a bull horn, explaining the Easter egg hunt, is a full page spread with seek-and-find potential. The book end pages are done in a yellow, purple, and green Easter egg design.

Overall Book Score: good