Secular Thanksgiving Picture Books
Top 10 Secular Thanksgiving Picture Books
: Over the River and Through the Wood, 'Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving, A Turkey for Thanksgiving, T Is for Turkey, Over the River: A Turkey's Tale, Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving, The Thanksgiving Door, Duck for Turkey Day, Bear Says Thanks, Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit!
Over the River and Through the Wood
| Author | Lydia Maria Francis Child |
| ISBN | 0805038256 |
While I love and will always love Lydia Maria Francis Child's evocative poem, I rather majorly and utterly despise this particular edition, simply because David Catrow's illustrations are absolutely not to my taste (and that is indeed the understatement of the year). I find them frustrating, aesthetically,...
'Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving
| Author | Dav Pilkey |
| ISBN | 0439669375 |
From Dav Pilkey, creator of the New York Times bestselling Dog Man and Captain Underpants series, comes a tall tale of tall-tailed toms!
On the night before Thanksgiving, a group of children visit a turkey farm and meet Farmer Mack Nuggett and his coop of cockerels: Ollie, Stanley, Larry, Moe, Wally,...
A Turkey for Thanksgiving
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0395742129 |
This story is an example of what you say matters. Choosing our words can be a great act of kindness. I know personally that I can get frustrated at how my words come out not as I meant them and someone misunderstands me. Communication is the most difficult thing and choosing our words carefully takes energy....
| Author | Tanya Lee Stone |
| ISBN | 0843125705 |
We bought "T is for Turkey" by Tanya Lee Stone at the end of the year last year. I kept it away to read before Thanksgiving this year. This book is in alphabet book form as it explains the true thanksgiving story. A school puts on a play to tell the story. The books helps kids celebrate everything from Harvest...
Over the River: A Turkey's Tale
| Author | Derek Anderson |
| ISBN | 0689876351 |
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 they become the main course!
Acclaimed artist Derek Anderson's glorious autumn artwork adds heaps of holiday...
| Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
We the people of the United States... Almost Lost Thanksgiving Yes. That's right! Way back when "skirts were long and hats were tall" Americans were forgetting Thanksgiving, and nobody seemed to care! Thankfully, Sarah Hale appeared. More steadfast than Plymouth Rock, this lady editor knew the holiday...
| Author | Debby Atwell |
| ISBN | 0618240365 |
When Ed and Ann’s turkey dinner burns, they think their Thanksgiving is ruined. But what appears to be a disaster becomes a blessing in disguise when Ed and Ann unknowingly intrude on an immigrant family’s own Thanksgiving celebration at their new restaurant, The New World Café. Once Grandmother...
| Author | Jacqueline Jules |
| ISBN | 0807517348 |
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Tuyet is excited about the holiday and the vacation from school. There's just one problem: her Vietnamese American family is having duck for Thanksgiving dinner - not turkey! Nobody has duck for Thanksgiving - what will her teacher and the other kids think? To her surprise,...
| Author | Karma Wilson |
| ISBN | 1416958568 |
What better way for Bear to say thanks, than to have a big dinner with all his friends!
Bear has come up with the perfect way to say thanks—a nice big dinner! When Bear decides to throw a feast, his friends show up one by one with different platters of delicious food to share. There’s just one...
Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit!
| Author | Alyssa Satin Capucilli |
| ISBN | 0694012211 |
Biscuit is a series of books, this one focuses on the Thanksgiving holiday. Biscuit is a character that appears in many different stories! I remember reading about Biscuit when I was little. This story is about Thanksgiving. The little girl is preparing for Thanksgiving while Biscuit her puppy helps...
