Want to teach the kids more about fall and the history of Thanksgiving? Here are 30 books you should read with them this year.
It’s Autumn, and the kids are back to reading 20 minutes each night in bed for their school reading log. So, I’ve put together a list of 30 books for Fall and Thanksgiving so kids can learn more about this wonderful time of year. They will love learning about why leaves change colors, why we give thanks, and explore fun fall activities they can do.
Note: This list was originally put together for a website called Rusty and Rosy, however that is now offline so I moved the content I put together over here.
Books about fall
- Count Down to Fall, by Fran Hawk
- Fall Mixed Up, by Bob Raczka
- Apples and Pumpkins, by Anne Rockwell
- Little Critter: The Fall Festival, by Mercer Mayer
- Sophie’s Squash, by Pat Zietlow Miller
- The Apple Pie Tree, by Zoe Hall
- Leaf Man, by Lois Ehlert
- Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, by Julia Rawlinson
- In November, by Cynthia Rylant
- We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt, by Steve Metzger
- Apple Farmer Annie, by Monica Wellington
- Why Do Leaves Change Color?, by Betsy Maestro
- Woody, Hazel and Little Pip, by Elsa Maartman Beskow
- Apple Cider Making Days, by Ann Purmell
- Autumnblings, by Douglas Florian
Books about the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving
- ‘Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving, by Dav Pilkey
- The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving, by Ann McGovern
- One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims, by B. G. Hennessy
- Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks, by Margaret Sutherland
- The Story of the Pilgrims, by Katharine Ross
- Thanksgiving Mice,by Bethany Roberts
- Thanks for Thanksgiving, by Julie Markes
- The Can-Do Thanksgiving, by Marion Hess Pomeranc
- Thanksgiving Rules, by Laurie Friedman
- … If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, by Ann McGovern
- Mousekin’s Thanksgiving, by Edna Miller
- What is Thanksgiving?, by Michelle Medlock Adams
- The Night Before Thanksgiving, by Natasha Wing
- T is for Turkey: A True Thanksgiving Story, by Tanya Lee Stone
- Turkey Trouble, by Wendi Silvano
Do you have favorite books you read to your kids during fall and Thanksgiving? Leave the names in the comment section below to add to our reading list.
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