Thanksgiving:
Thanksgiving Books for Children
Recommended reading from Children's Librarians at the Free Library.
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Thanks a Million by Grimes, Nikki
Notes: Poems about being thankful.
ISBN: 0688172938
Publisher: Greenwillow
Published: 2006
Callnumber: j811 G882th
'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Pilkey, Dav
Notes: This adaptation of the classic Clement Moore Christmas poem is updated when a group of school children take a trip to a turkey farm and decide to save the turkeys from their Thanksgiving fate.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0531059057
Publisher: Orchard Books
Callnumber: JE
Setting the Turkeys Free by Nikola-Lisa, W.
Notes: When a sly, hungry fox threatens a flock of turkeys, the young artist who drew the birds must find a way to save them.
Reading Level: Preschool
ISBN: 0786819529
Publisher: Jump at the sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Callnumber: JE
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Anderson, Laurie Halse
Notes: Relates how Sarah Hale, a magazine editor and author, persuaded President Lincoln to transform Thanksgiving Day into a national holiday.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0689847874
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Callnumber: J394.2649 H135A
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Jackson, Alison
Notes: An old lady, invited to Thanksgiving dinner, has a monstrous appetite, eating everything in sight and delighting the children with her ever expanding size.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0525456457
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Callnumber: JE
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims by Hennessy, B.G.
Notes: Counts things associated with a harvest feast in colonial Plymouth Colony, including pilgrims, Wampanoags, nuts, squash, and, of course, turkeys.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0670877794
Publisher: Viking
Callnumber: J
Nickommoh!: a Thanksgiving Celebration by Koller, Jackie French
Notes: Describes a typical Narragansett Nickommoh, or harvest celebration, as it has been performed since before the arrival of the first Pilgrims in New England.
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
ISBN: 0689810946
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Callnumber: J394.2649 K833N
Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn: The Story of the Thanksgiving Symbols by Barth, Edna
Notes: Traces the history of this American harvest celebration and the development of its symbols and legends.
ISBN: 0618067833
Publisher: Clarion Books
Callnumber: J394.2649 B282T
Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey by Cowley, Joy
Notes: Trouble ensues when young Miguel, a Puerto Rican boy living in New York City, receives a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving dinner from his Papa, but instead develops an attachment to it.
ISBN: 0590469762
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Callnumber: JE
One Is a Feast for a Mouse: A Thanksgiving Tale by Cox, Judy
Notes: On Thanksgiving Day while everyone naps, Mouse spots one pea, a perfect feast, but he cannot help adding all of the fixings--until Cat spots him.
ISBN: 9780823419777
Publisher: Holiday House
Callnumber: JE