25 Best Thanksgiving Picture Books for Kids of All Ages

Karen B kish
4 min readOct 11, 2023

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25 Best Thanksgiving Picture Books for Kids of All Ages
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25 Best Thanksgiving Picture Books for Kids of All Ages
1. Thanksgiving Is
2. The First Thanksgiving
3. The Best Thanksgiving Ever!
4. It’s Thanksgiving!
5. The Thanksgiving Story
6. ’Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving
7. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
8. Thank you, little apple!
9. Danke, gutes Brot! by Anne Möller
10. A Sky Without Birds
11. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
12. For Everyone To Share
13. Thank You World
14. Who Is the World For?
15. Thank You Bear
16. The Lion and the Mouse
17. Balloons Over Broadway
18. Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson
19. Turkey Trouble by Wendi J Silvano
20. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey!
21. I Am Thankful
22. Thanksgiving is for giving thanks
23. Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving by James Dean
24. Llama Llama Gives Thanks by Anna Dewdney
25. The Night Before Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving coming, read these picture books with your children, let TA grow up with a grateful heart, learn to appreciate those people and things that bring warmth, and say to them sincerely: “Thank you!”

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1. Thanksgiving Is

Thanksgiving is a day to express gratitude. There are pumpkins, turkeys, reunions, feasts, games, performances, festive parades, sharing, and thanks.

Come and open this beautiful picture book, Find out about this holiday that expresses gratitude for the happiness you receive!

2. The First Thanksgiving

Simple language vividly tells the origin of Thanksgiving. The Step into Reading series of Books has invited many well-known writers to carefully arrange content suitable for children of various reading levels, use bright pictures, and enhance the layout with pictures and texts. Content on a variety of topics appeals to kids of all hobbies.

3. The Best Thanksgiving Ever!

“In late November, the blue sky was clear and Thanksgiving was finally here. So many hugs, so many kisses, so many ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ wishes.”

One family came together to celebrate everything they were grateful for. But wait, there’s a little interlude…

4. It’s Thanksgiving!

The turkeys are celebrating Thanksgiving! The parade is about to begin, and the pumpkin pie is baking in the oven. The whole family gathered around the table and waited for the big meal to start!

5. The Thanksgiving Story

This is an excellent picture book that has won the Caldecott Award, and it is also a wonderful picture book about Thanksgiving. The author tells the origin of Thanksgiving from the perspective of the Hopkins family.

6. ’Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving

The day before Thanksgiving, the children in the story visit a turkey farm. They were shocked to learn that the farmer planned to kill all the turkeys. So the kids decided to “smuggle” all the turkeys home…

7. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

In this lovely story, Charlie Brown and his friends go looking for the Thanksgiving “thank you”, can they find it? Let’s have a look!

8. Thank you, little apple!

Apples are delicious and healthy fruit with a flattering round shape. Do you know what process an apple needs to go through to grow from a seed to a big tree? Concise and interesting language, hand-painted and collage-combined drawing methods allow young readers to understand the growing process of apples, and at the same time appreciate the gift of nature.

9. Danke, gutes Brot! by Anne Möller

Each of us has eaten bread, what process does a grain of wheat need to go through to become food?

The author uses concise language and vivid pictures to let young readers understand that seemingly ordinary food is actually hard-won, and can also appreciate all the gifts from nature and people’s hard work so that they can cherish food more.

10. A Sky Without Birds

Monsieur Moisson was a well-known man in the town, and he had extremely dexterous hands. One day, the little boy Victor brought a bird that had fallen and asked him if he could heal it. Since then, Mr. Moisson has started an unknown secret work…

The stories full of romance, with strong style illustrations, full poetic and touching plots stories, will guide children to experience the beauty and vastness of nature and cultivate children’s gratitude, tolerance, and compassion.

11. Brother Eagle, Sister Sky

Through the meticulous color paintings and the heartfelt voice of the chief, the Aboriginal people’s love and respect for nature are expressed, and the deep family-like feelings between the Aboriginal people and the land are revealed.

At the same time, it also reminds readers that animals and us humans are part of the earth and should respect each other, so as to inspire children to pay attention to and love nature.

12. For Everyone To Share

The little mouse walked out of the house for the first time. He was amazed by everything in front of him. There were so many incredible sights outside! He was curious, where is this place? Who does it belong to?

Continue Reading…

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Karen B kish
Karen B kish

Written by Karen B kish

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