A family of rabbits design and decorate Easter eggs in a variety of settings.

Adrienne Adams was a children's book illustrator as well as an artist and author of children's books. She won two Caldecott Honors (in 1960 and 1962) and in 1973 she was awarded the Rutgers Award for overall contributions to children’s literature. In 1977, she won a University of Southern Mississippi Medallion.
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This story of anthropomorphic rabbits doesn't totally make sense but the pictures are quite cute. I found that little things bothered me somewhat, such as them visibly not wearing seat belts as the go on a trip, even though the dad says "Fasten your seat belt" to his son. Also, him nonchalantly painting from the house's roof without any protection, or hopping on top of the well in the dark, etc ... but I don't know why I should be getting upset about that, they're rabbits after all. ( )

Love the details and whimsy in the artwork. This is one of my favorite Easter books. ( )

I did not like this book for a few reasons. For one, I did not like the illustrations because the main character in the story was supposed to be an artist yet I did not find the illustrations in the story to be elaborate. Also, I did not like the plot because I thought it was boring. All the rabbit in the story did was paint different objects; there was really no conflict. The big picture of The Easter Egg Artist is that if you continue to pursue your passion, others will start to notice and support you. For example, in the story, the rabbit would paint different objects and other rabbits began to notice. By the end of the story multiple rabbits wanted to buy the artist’s Easter eggs and the scene was described as, “people wanted to buy them faster than he could paint them.” Clearly, the rabbits supported the artist because they wanted to buy his Easter eggs. ( )

The marvelously talented Adrienne Adams - an artist whose Halloween fare, from A Woggle of Witches to A Halloween Happening, is deliciously creepy - here turns her attention to the holiday of Easter, and the result is a picture-book that is sweetly adorable, without being at all cutesy or overdone. The story of the Abbotts - Father Abbott, Mother Abbott, and Orson Abbott - and the process whereby young Orson becomes passionately involved in his parents' calling as Easter Egg artists, was simply delightful, from the opening page - "There are Abbotts and there are Abbotts. These Abbotts are rabbits. The rabbit Abbotts make the designs on Easter eggs." - onward.

Not only was the narrative of The Easter Egg Artists involving, and likely to keep young readers entertained - children will be tickled at this story of a youngster who surpasses even his parents (and this despite their worries about him!) - but the gorgeous pastel artwork was just breathtaking. I've raved about Adams' work before, but I don't think I had hitherto fully appreciated the softer side of her work. This is just a charming book, in every respect, and one that I highly recommend to anyone looking for lighthearted (as opposed to religious) Easter stories, or who is a fan of the artist. ( )