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Today I am sharing my favorite Thanksgiving Books for Children! I love children’s books and I love the holidays. Every Fall I get out my Fall books, a few Halloween books, and this huge pile of Thanksgiving books.
I love snuggling up with my boys and reading books to them and with them. These definitely get us in the holiday spirit! Reading books together, even just reading to the kids, is extremely important for their literacy and learning. Kids learn how to read by engaging with books, hearing books read to them, manipulating the pages, and discussing images and topics on the page. When we read I point out different aspects of the images, ask questions about these aspects or what the kids might anticipate will happen later on in the story. As an artist I am drawn to the illustrations and always choose books with quality art work. Sometimes we discuss the art work and sometimes I just let the art speak for itself!
Some of these are singable stories like One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims and Over The River And Through The Woods. I usually make up a simple tune for 10 Fat Turkeys and sing that one too.
Peruse the books below and let me know your thoughts! Do you have some of these already? What are your favorite Thanksgiving books? Do you have a child in your life whom would enjoy one of these? Links are provided for most of them below. Please know that I am an associate of Amazon and may get a small commission if you buy from one of my links, at no additional cost to you.
These are board books great for little ones!
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit!
My First Thanksgiving
Curious George helps prepare the Thanksgiving feast!
These books discuss gratitude and giving thanks daily for all we have.
Thanks for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Is For Giving Thanks
Give Thanks to the Lord: Celebrating Psalm 92 hardback
Give Thanks to the Lord: Celebrating Psalm 92 paperback
One Little Two Little Three Little Pilgrims can be sung to the well known tune and teaches what the pilgrim and Wampanoag children do before the feast.
The Night Before Thanksgiving shows a traditional American Thanksgiving feast with family.
Celebrating Thanksgiving is a simple book that shows how the Pilgrims gave thanks during their first Thanksgiving and how we today celebrate.
Best Thanksgiving Book: ABC Adventures by Pat Whitehead see below
One Is A Feast For Mouse – A mouse scrounges up a feast until the cat come along.
One is A Feast For Mouse book and audio CD
The Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Blessings is a story of thanksgiving and includes the song ‘Over the River and Through the Woods’.
‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving – The turkeys are rescued from the farm by the children in this story based on the ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.
10 Fat Turkeys is a silly counting book with great rhymes.
Over the River and Through the Wood is a classic sing-along! Beautiful illustrations.
Over the River and Through the Wood: The New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day
The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving is another sweet book showing the first Thanksgiving story.
The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving hardback
Cranberry Thanksgiving is an older book about a girl who lives with her grandmother near a cranberry bog in New England. A stranger comes to steal Grandmother’s famous cranberry bread recipe but they are rescued by the scruffy Mr. Whiskers. The First Thanksgiving Feast shows realistic pictures and tells the history of the Pilgrims and their First Thanksgiving.
I know there are many more wonderful Thanksgiving books for children out there that I have yet to acquire, but I have to limit my collection! I would love to know some of your favorites! Please comment and share!