If you want a book to read for the upcoming holiday, here are some suggestions . . .
The Firefighters' Thanksgiving by Maribeth Boelts is a perfect book for tying together the holiday and some of the people for which many of us are thankful. The firefighters are continually interrupted while preparing their feast but, of course, everyone eats in the end.
One is a Feast for a Mouse: A Thanksgiving Tale by Judy Cox is one that I read to the EC class last week. They had a great time listening and counting along to how many scraps the mouse collected, even though he insisted one was enough for a feast. His eyes are bigger than his stomach and he loses his feast after a run-in with the cat, but there is a bright side when he finds one pea waiting for him in his hidey-hole.
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson tells the story of Sarah Hale who campaigned for over 30 years, writing to numerous Presidents, to get Thanksgiving named a National Holiday. This is not a dry non-fiction text. It is a fun, witty, very readable portrayal of the woman who gave us our four day weekend, holiday football games and Black Friday.
It's Thanksgiving by Jack Prelustky is a collection of twelve humorous poems about the holiday. It's Prelustky, so enough said.
Happy eating.
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