Announcing.. the Thanksgiving Picture Book Linky Party

There has been such great response to the Holiday Picture Book Linky Parties! Thanks for participating. Today I'm starting one for Thanksgiving books. I wondered about it being early, but figured that it would allow time for purchasing books when you come across a "must have." These are my thoughts for other picture book link-ups: Christmas books, Patriotic Holidays(in January.), one for Valentines' Day (mid Jan.-Feb 14), Easter/Spring, and End of the Year. How does that sound to you? Too many? Should I add one for any other holiday? Let me know what you think. This has been so much fun!

Meanwhile, here are some books I use to teach about Thanksgiving:

This one is a simple, short board book. I like the simplicity of it especially for my EL students.

I like this for the beautiful photos instead of illustrations.

I read this one as a precursor to writing about what we're thankful for.

Some years my students have really identified with seeing the Little Bill cartoon on tv. All the things Little Bill is thankful for help to give my students some ideas.

These are some I enjoy reading "just for fun."

In this story Mr. Moose tries to find a turkey for Thanksgiving. The turkey he finds thinks they want to eat him for dinner, but he is actually the guest of honor.

Perhaps my favorite Thanksgiving story is

I used to check this out from my school library. I just love this sweet story about Maggie and her grandmother whose recipe for cranberry bread is famous. Maggie invites the rough-around-the-edges Mr. Whiskers to dinner. Grandma's guest attempts to steal her recipe. Grandma's recipe is in the back of the book. Sometimes after I read this story we do a cranberry taste test. I make cranberry bread, bring cranberry sauce, and raw cranberries. I have the kids taste the raw cranberry first (and I have to say that the faces they make crack me up! Some of them do like the sour taste, though.) then explain that most cranberry products have sugar added.

There's another Splat the Cat book I didn't know about. Yippee!!

If you're looking for an activity to go with this Splat book, my friend Barb at GradeONEderful has some cute papers she made for practicing story elements with the Splat stories. You can find them HERE.

I'd love it if you'd link up with some of your Thanksgiving faves! Please snag this button too.

Please link it back to this post. I'm trying to get the button with a grab box set up. I did it once but can't seem to make it work again. I've tried 2 tutorials and it's not working for me. Leave me a comment if you've found and are willing to share it with me. Thanks!