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Happy Thanksgiving Books for Kids 1. Over The River, A Turkey's Tale by Derek Anderson - based on the song by Lydia Maria Child. This story starts off with the famous lyrics, but then takes a "turn for the worst" when the happy family of turkeys, who were singing this happy tune, find that they are being chased by a mean dog and his master who want the turkeys on their plate for Thanksgiving. In the end, the two families end up sharing Thanksgiving together. 2. Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes. 6.99 and it has a place for the reader to write his/her thankful thoughts. 3. T is for Turkey - an alphabet story with the Thanksgiving Theme. It encourages the reader to make up his/her own alphabet story for Thanksgiving. 4. BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY by Melissa Sweet - The true story of the puppeteer of Macy's Parade...How did it all get started? 5. Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne - the two lead characters are sent back to 1621 for the first Thanksgiving. They are asked to "help out", but they have no idea how. Will they rewrite history and ruin the first gathering between the two groups of settlers? 6. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Allison Jackson - I knew an old lady who swallowed a roll. Just swallowed it whole - the entire roll. She swallowed the roll to go with the cider. That rumbled and mumbled and grumbled inside her. She swallowed the cider to moisten the pie, The Thanksgiving pie, which was really too dry. Perhaps she'll die. 7. Thank You, Little Mouse by Dugold Steer - Little Mouse always remembered to say thank you, but Grandma and Grandpa were so kind that saying thank you didn't always seem to be enough...

Songs for Thanksgiving 1. A turkey sat on a back yard fence, and he sang this sad, sad tune. Thanksgiving Day is coming, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble and I know I'll be eaten soon. Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, I would like to run away. Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, I don't like Thanksgiving Day!

2. Five fat turkeys are we, we slept all night in a tree. When the cook came around, we couldn't be found, and that's why we're here you see!

Poem by Jack Prelutsky

When a turkey gobble, gobbles It is plump and proud and perky. When our family gobble, gobbles we are gobblin' down the turkey.