Thanksgiving Books

THE AMAZING TURKEY RESCUE
by Steve Metzger. Clever color illustrations by Jim Paillot. Condition: NEW 2007 Scholastic soft cover (stapled wraps), third printing. Content: Cassie, Wing, and Ollie are back on the farm for another wild Thanksgiving adventure. When a fox is spotted prowling around the henhouse, the turkeys smell trouble. Can they help the chickens fly the coop before it's too late? Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy available]
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ARTHUR'S THANKSGIVING
by Marc Brown. Color illustrations by the author. Condition: UNREAD c. 1989 Trumpet Club soft cover, special edition. Content: Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey. Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy available]
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THE BEST THANKSGIVING EVER!
by Teddy Slater. Color illustrations by Ethan Long. Condition: UNREAD 2005 Scholastic soft cover (stapled wraps), first printing. Content: The Turkeys and their large extended family are preparing for their Thanksgiving meal of - Thanksgiving corn! Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy available]
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A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING
by Charles M. Schulz. Color illustrations. Condition: NEW 2002 Little Brown softcover, first edition, first printing. Content: It's Thanksgiving time! Peppermint Patty invites the gang over for dinner at Charlie Brown's, even though all he can make is cold cereal and toast! With the help of Snoopy and Woodstock, Charlie Brown braves the kitchen -- but can he make a meal everyone will be grateful for? Celebrate with the Peanuts gang as they give thanks in this adaptation of the classic television special. Ages 4 - 8. [1 copy available]
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HOW MANY DAYS TO AMERICA?: A Thanksgiving Story
by Eve Bunting. Color illustrations by Beth Peck. Condition: Very good pre-read Trumpet Club special edition Trade PB. Light edgewear and a book plate stamped on title page. Interior clean. Content: "A Thanksgiving story that knows no season or race, but is for everyone all year 'round." A family flees its native country in a small boat and lands in America on a particularly appropriate holiday. Originally had a audio cassette with it, but this is the BOOK ONLY.
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NICKOMMOH!: A THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION
by Jackie French Koller. Nice color illustrations by Marcia Sewall. Condition: UNREAD 2000 Scholastic large soft cover, third printing. However, there is a blank bookplate inside front cover. Content: An introduction to the Narragansett celebration of Nichommoh--a harvest festival that was the inspiration for the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving celebration. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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OVER THE RIVER: A Turkey's Tale
text & color illustrations by Derek Anderson. Based on the song by Lydia Maria Child. Condition: NEW 2006 Scholastic soft cover (stapled wraps), first printing. Content: Over the river Mama, Papa, and Baby Turkey embark for their vegetarian Thanksgiving feast. But when a hungry boy and his dog start sniffing around, the turkeys have got to think fast before the family becomes the main course. "Sheet music" included. Too cute! [1 copy available]
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A PIONEER THANKSGIVING: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841
by Barbara Greenwood. Wonderful B&W and sepia-tone illustrations by Heather Collins. Condition: NEW 2000 Kids Can Press soft cover, first printing. Content: Combining fiction and nonfiction, this dramatic story follows the Robertson family as they prepare for Thanksgiving in the year 1841. As with all Canadian pioneer families, Thanksgiving is a special day for the Robertsons, but this year they have more reasons than usual to give thanks. Each chapter of the story is enhanced by information about the pioneer period and how Thanksgiving was celebrated in the past. Children will learn about the wild harvest, harvest superstitions and how the First Peoples celebrated the harvest. The past comes alive through hands-on activities such as making a corn dolly or learning to play conkers. Historically accurate and beautifully rendered pencil illustrations make this a comprehensive resource for home or school. Also step-by-step illustrations and directions on baking bread, making a corn doll, making a weather vanehow to play theh peach-stone game, and many more activities. Great book! Questions welcome. [1 copy left]
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THE PUMPKINVILLE MYSTERY
by Bruce Cole. Wonderful color illustrations by James Warhola. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1988 Little Simon soft cover, first printing. Name inside frot cover with light edge wear. Content: This story relates how the idea of jack-o-lanterns got started out in the prairies during a time when a mysterious stranger rewarded kind townsfolk and punished greedy politicians. Sounds like the perfect story for an election year! [1 copy available]
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SQUANTO AND THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
by Teresa Celsi. Color illustrations by Pam Ford Johnson. Condition: UNREAD 1995 Raintree/Steck Vaughn (Austin) softcover, ninth printing. Pal shelfwear hinge crase. Content: A simple biography of the Wampanoag Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive in their early days in the Plymouth colony. Early readers. [1 copy available]
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T IS FOR TURKEY: A True Thanksgiving Story
by Tanya Lee Stonei. Color illustrations by Gerald Kelley. Condition: NEW 2009 Price Stern soft cover, first printing. Content: Little ones will love learning about Thanksgiving in Tanya Lee Stone's newest shaped alphabet book. Join in as the elementary school puts on a play that tells the true story of the first Thanksgiving. Rhyming couplets that flow through the alphabet help kids celebrate everything from Harvest to Pilgrims to Turkey. Ages 4 - 8. Early readers/Baby Preschool. [2 copies available]
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THANKSGIVING CRAFTS: A Holiday Craft Book
text & 3-color illustrations by Judith Hoffman Corwin. Condition: NEW 1995 Franklin Watts soft cover, first printing. Content: Thanksgiving crafts include: a history of the holiday; Thanksgiving clay; Turkey centerpiece; Harvest pots; bird feeders; and a story about 2 pilgrim children complete with paper dolls and clothes. [1 copy available]
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THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING
by Julie Markes. Adorable color illustrations by Doris Barrette. Condition: NEW 2006 Scholastic soft cover, 6th printing. Content: Featuring a simple text, this book reminds both kids and adults about the little things that make each day enjoyable. Includes a page for readers to write their own special thoughts. Full color. K - 3 +. [1 copy available]
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THANKSGIVING IS HERE!
by Diane Goode. Color illustrations by the Author. Condition: NEW 2003 Scholastic soft cover, 4th printing. Content: An appealing account of a family gathering with wonderfully warm illustrations. Grandma and Grandpa prepare for a Thanksgiving celebration and each ring of the doorbell brings a crew of happy, hungry relatives, awaiting their hugs. The pet bird and cat seem eager to join in the fun. After everyone helps with the preparations, Grandma rings the dinner bell and all convene for a memorable holiday. The humorously detailed, pen-and-ink and watercolor, cartoon artwork is exuberant, mischievous, and full of surprises. This Thanksgiving book has something for everyone. K - 3 +. [1 copy available]
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THIS FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY: A Counting Story
by Laura Krauss Melmed. Color illustrations and cover art by Mark Buehner. . Condition: NEW 2002 Scholastic soft cover, 4th printing. Content: Through a simple, rhyming text of 12 short poems, young readers will experience 10 Wampanoag and 10 Pilgrim friends getting ready for the first harvest feast in the New World. This title adds the enjoyment of hidden pictures on each page. There is a turkey to find in each colorful spread and lots of small creatures to count. The feast scene has at least 10 critters, maybe more, frolicking, even making off with food. Lots of smiles and counting practice result in a super read-aloud. K - 3 +. [1 copy available]
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OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOOD: A Thanksgiving Poem
by Lydia Maria Child. Beautiful color woodcuts by Christopher Manson illustrate. Condition: NEW c. 2005 North South large soft cover, no printing given. Content: This attractive new presentation of Child's 1844 poem,"A Boy's Thanksgiving Day" (among several early titles) offers full-page woodcuts done in a detailed and delicately primitive style. The colors are pleasingly light and clear. The childlike illustrations are in keeping with the unsophisticated nature of the rhyming text. The text is placed unobtrusively in the sky or on the snow-covered ground, and probably sings better than it reads. A piano arrangement of the familiar melody, a traditional French folk tune, is placed after the text. Child's time-honored poem successfully evokes the happy mood of a traditional and idealized family holiday gathering. Grades 2 - 5. [1 copy available]
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THE THANKSGIVING SURPRISE (AKA Turkey Surprise)
by Peggy ARcher. Color illustrations by Thor Wickstrom. Condition: UNREAD 2007 Scholastic soft cover. Blank book plate inside front cover. Content: Here's a Thanksgiving picture book for vegetarians. Two Pilgrim brothers hunting for a Thanksgiving turkey sing a rhyming chant ("We'll pluck him and stuff him, / and cook him up right"). The cheerful line-and-watercolor pictures show the turkey hiding from the hunters--in a tree, a gopher hole, a pond, and a woodpile. The littlest Pilgrim isn't sure he wants to pluck out the turkey's feathers, stuff the bird with breadcrumbs, and cook it, and he eventually persuades the bigger Pilgrim that there are more delicious things than turkey to bring home for the feast. Hunters and hunted are treated with a light touch, and kids will identify with the turkey as well as with the small Pilgrim, who changes his companion and turns things around. The final spread says it all, showing the family enjoying a delicious feast as the turkey peers through the window. Pre-school - K. [1 copy available]
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A THORNBERRY THANKSGIVING (The Wild Thornberrys))
adapted by Kitty Richards. Color illustrations by Robert Roper. Condition: UNREAD 2001 Simon Spolight soft cover, first printing. Light shelf wear. Content: Eliza and Debbie are getting tired of celebrating their family holidays on the road and far from home. This Thanksgiving they want to celebrate in the United States at Grandma Sophie's house, with plenty of turkey, mashed potatoes, and good old-fashioned pumpkin pie! But will their plans for a normal Thanksgiving be squashed? Find out in this special story! [1 copy available]
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THE TURKEY WHO CAME TO DINNER (Rugrats, Nickelodeon)
adapted by Kitty Richards. Color illustrations by Ed Resto. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Scholastic soft cover, 6th printing. Content: When the Rugrats find out their new friend, the turkey, might become dinner, they try to help him escape-- only their plans don't quite work! Includes a simple description of the first Thanksgiving celebration. Based on the Rugrats Thaksgiving special. [1 copy available]
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TURKEYS, PILGRIMS, AND INDIAN CORN
by Edna Barth. Two-tone color illustrations by Ursula Arndt. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1975 Clarion Bookds Trade Paperback, 14th printing (c. 1990s). Name top front loose end page. Rest of interior perfect. Content: Turkeys, pumpkins, cranberries, ears of multicolored Indian corn - the fruits of the harvest spilling out of an animal horn. How did these colorful festive foods become the symbols of the first American holiday? This book explores the history of the first American Thanksgiving and traces it to its sources in the harveset festivals of the egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, and Celts. Like those ancient celebrations, Thanksgiving reminds us of how much we depend on the earth, and helps us to renew our ties with it. Reviewer: "This book is well-researched and very informative. It is written for an upper-elementary/middle school reader, but is still a great resource for the lower-elem teacher. It could be read aloud to older students in short segments, but is not intended to be shared in its entirety. It is presented in narrative form with pleasant pen-ink sketches. Great for a research project and another look at a familiar story. Good details. Doesn't skim over the unpleasantries of the time." [1 copy available]
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