Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and it's a great time for kids to learn about Thanksgiving while building their literacy skills. Enslow Publishers' non-fiction expert authors believe that reading informational texts should be educational
and fun. With that in mind, here are three great, Common Core correlated, Thanksgiving books to make sure that young readers have an educational and fun Thanksgiving. As a side note: if you like any of these books, be sure to check out our Pick-A-Page giveaway (details at the end of the post).
Thanksgivng Day, by Dorothy Goeller, is a delightfully silly reader for children just beginning to read. Featuring bright illustrations and simple text with one sentence per page,
Thanksgiving Day is great for kids reading alone or with an adult. Common Core Correlations for
Thanksgiving Day can be found
here.
Storyteller Randel McGee's
Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving shows young readers how to make their own Thanksgiving crafts while learning about the holiday.
Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving contains easy step-by-step instructions as well as reproducible templates for all of the crafts shown in the book. Common Core Correlations for
Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving can be found
here.
What is Thanksgiving?, by Elaine Landau, introduces early readers to the traditions of Thanksgiving with beautiful photos and carefully crafted text. To further engage the reader,
What is Thanksgiving? features an activity where the reader constructs a "Thank-You" poster to give their thanks to the community for Thanksgiving. Common Core Correlations for
What is Thanksgiving? can be found
here.
Our Pick-A-Page Giveaway is still going on! To enter the giveaway, go to our
e-catalog and pick a page of titles you would like to receive for free. Like us on Facebook and leave a comment on Facebook, letting us know which page you would like to receive, and how those books would benefit your school/library. For everyone who enters, they will receive one book from the page they requested. One winner will be chosen at random at the end of the week, and that person will receive a copy of every book on that page. The winner will be announced on Facebook sometime next week!
Thanksgivng Day, by Dorothy Goeller, is a delightfully silly reader for children just beginning to read. Featuring bright illustrations and simple text with one sentence per page, Thanksgiving Day is great for kids reading alone or with an adult. Common Core Correlations for Thanksgiving Day can be found here.
Storyteller Randel McGee's Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving shows young readers how to make their own Thanksgiving crafts while learning about the holiday. Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving contains easy step-by-step instructions as well as reproducible templates for all of the crafts shown in the book. Common Core Correlations for Paper Crafts for Thanksgiving can be found here. 
What is Thanksgiving?, by Elaine Landau, introduces early readers to the traditions of Thanksgiving with beautiful photos and carefully crafted text. To further engage the reader, What is Thanksgiving? features an activity where the reader constructs a "Thank-You" poster to give their thanks to the community for Thanksgiving. Common Core Correlations for What is Thanksgiving? can be found here. 
Thank you for this opportunity. Public schools across the country count on the public and private sector to help bridge the gap - in educational funding. School media specialist struggle to keep new books on the shelves in their school libraries - especially in high poverty schools. We appreciate your support...books take children to places that many only dream about and give them hope for a better future. Reading Rocks!
ReplyDeleteWe would love to have these books. As a school designed for 450 students, we now have 821. Resources are spread thin and these would be a great addition to our school.
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