Book Thoughts: One Big Turkey (Kennedy)
Type: board bookAges: 1-4Author/Illustrator: Anne Vittur Kennedy What child doesn’t like a book of animals having fun in rhyme? 😊🦃 It’s a classic in our house!
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Book Thoughts: Squanto’s Journey (Bruchac)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Joseph BruchacIllustrator: Greg Shed Great Thanksgiving picture book for your kiddos! I love stories told in the first person, and this book is no exception. It’s a fairly quick read, but gives a good view of…
Book Thoughts: Arthur’s Thanksgiving (Brown)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Marc Brown I included this in my Thanksgiving series, because it’s on a lot of lists for children’s books. It’s just “okay,” and neither of my kids cared for it much, besides some funny illustrations. 😁
Book Thoughts: The Story of Thanksgiving (Skarmeas)
Type: board bookAges: 1-4Author: Nancy J. SkarmeasIllustrator: Stacy Venturi-Pickett This was one of our family’s first children’s books EVER. It was mailed to us in a small bundle of books to where we were living overseas, so it’s special. 🥰…
Book Thoughts: Bear Says Thanks (Wilson)
Type: large picture bookAges: 2-5Author: Karma WilsonIllustrator: Jane Chapman We were introduced to the Bear books when my oldest was only one. They’re so sweet! 🐻
Book Thoughts: Three Young Pilgrims (Harness)
Type: non-fiction picture bookAges: 7-10Author & Illustrator: Cheryl Harness Kicking off Thanksgiving books with this one! We originally read it a long time ago in a kindergarten curriculum–some of it totally goes over their heads at that age, so a…
Book Thoughts: Alice in Bibleland series (Davidson)
Type: picture booksAges: 2-6Author: Alice Joyce DavidsonIllustrator: Victoria Marshall We own several of these books, but I haven’t read ones we don’t own–just a caveat. 😉 However, they’re a pretty safe recommendation, in my opinion! Have you read any of…
Book Thoughts: Matchlock Gun (Edmonds)
Type: short chapter bookAges: 8-12Author: Walter D. EdmondsIllustrator: Paul Lantz This is one those books the modern world rages at…which then makes me rate it even higher than I likely would have. 😉 History is history, we can’t pretend things…
Book Thoughts: Raggedy Ann & Andy (Hall)
Type: picture booksAges: 5-7Author: Patricia HallIllustrator: Kathryn Mitter These encouraged my daughter in her “newly reading” days! Have you read any of them (or the old Raggedy Ann ones)?
Book Thoughts: You Say You Saw a Camel? (Coatsworth)
Type: short chapter bookAges: 5-8Author: Elizabeth CoatsworthIllustrator: Brinton Turkle There’s just something about old books for their quality and charm! This one is probably a little hard to find, but it’s out there. We have a grandparent’s old copy. 🙂…