--- title: Easter Egg Roll: Sean Spicer Reads Book VIDEO description: The White House Press Secretary contributed to the traditional Easter Egg Roll by reading a festive holiday book to a group of kids. canonical: https://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-17T16:20:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:32.555Z og:title: Sean Spicer's Easter Kids' Book Reading Has Twitter Amused og:description: The press secretary spoke in front of a somewhat younger crowd than usual. og:url: https://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sean Spicer's Easter Kids' Book Reading Has Twitter Amused twitter:description: The press secretary spoke in front of a somewhat younger crowd than usual. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sean Spicer Read an Easter Book to Kids and the Internet Was Amused ## Video: President Trump Participates in His First White House Easter Egg Roll [Watch (HLS stream): President Trump Participates in His First White House Easter Egg Roll](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wEyKUqnv.m3u8) (0:28)  _Published 2017-04-17. President Trump gives an address before participating in his first White House Easter Egg Roll._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 17, 2017 4:20 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 17, 2017 4:20 PM UTC White House Press Secretary [Sean Spicer](http://time.com/4736036/sean-spicer-hitler-comments-apology/) is used to public speaking in front of tricky audiences. But on Sunday, he took his professional approach to a slightly different crowd than usual: a group of kids assembled on the South Lawn of the White House for Monday’s [festive annual Easter Egg Roll](http://time.com/4742103/donald-trump-white-house-easter-egg-roll-watch-online/) and accompanying children’s book reading. Busting out _How to Catch the Easter Bunny_ as the first reading of the day, Spicer found himself an onstage sidekick in the form of a dapper five-year-old boy named Joshua attired formally in vest, jacket, and matching cap. Spicer—with the accompaniment of Joshua—then proceeded to regale the kids with the light tale. “I’ve been working long and hard with all my peeps and crew. We’ve made the eggs and now I’m here to bring them to you,” he intoned in a classic reading voice. About halfway through, he loosened up a bit and made some off-the-cuff comments about a child’s bunny ears. But ultimately the last laugh is with the internet audience, who used the footage of the livestream to create political memes. > [](https://twitter.com/jayarealvarado/status/853990604958834688) > [](https://twitter.com/Dirty%5FFaced%5FKid/status/853991031347564544) > [](https://twitter.com/TooRight%5F/status/853991927385083906) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/"},"headline":"Sean Spicer Read an Easter Book to Kids and the Internet Was Amused","datePublished":"2017-04-17T16:20:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:32.555Z","description":"Not his usual scene.","url":"https://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/","name":"Sean Spicer Read an Easter Book to Kids and the Internet Was Amused"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"President Trump Participates in His First White House Easter Egg Roll","description":"President Trump gives an address before participating in his first White House Easter Egg Roll.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wEyKUqnv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-17T15:51:08.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wEyKUqnv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/","duration":"PT28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4742596/sean-spicer-easter-reading/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```