OK, maybe it’s a little late at this point (Look here again next year!) but I wanted to add a couple more fun Thanksgiving books that I found.  “Five Silly Turkeys” by Salina Yoon is a cute counting book for babies and toddlers. It’s a simple five-page spread where a turkey is subtracted on each page, until they all meet up again on the last page, and each page has a shiny textile feather that you can turn the page with. 

“Turkey Trouble” by Wendi Silvano and Lee Harper is great for maybe 3 and up.  It’s about a turkey who is trying to escape being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner and so dresses up as other farm animals to hide from Farmer Jake.  “His costume wasn’t bad.  In fact, Turkey looked just like a pig…almost,”  is one of the repeated phrases.  The story structure has a funny repetition as he uses items from around the barn to make different animal costumes.  Repetition provides a great structure for children, and as they start to pick up on the pattern as you read it, have them predict (guess) what’s going to happen next.

Happy Thanksgiving!