Easter is one of the most joyful celebrations of the year.

There are baskets, egg hunts, pastel colors, and family traditions we look forward to every spring. But as beautiful as those things are, they can sometimes overshadow the most important question:

Do our children truly understand why Easter matters?

Because Easter isn’t just a holiday.

It’s the heart of the Gospel.

Over the past few months, as I’ve been reviewing indie children’s books and making regular library trips with Logan, I’ve started noticing something interesting about children’s books—and about how kids actually learn.

Most children’s books fall into a few familiar categories: storybook picture books, early readers, or toddler board books (“A is for Apple” style). But I’ve realized there aren’t many books that sit in the space between storytelling and education.

Many of the books I’ve written are what publishers call concept books—books that teach a topic like animals, numbers, nature, or the alphabet. But instead of feeling like a workbook, they’re written in a story-style format with rhythm, rhyme, and simple facts that invite curiosity.