I know I mentioned most of these books in my third grade reading list earlier this year, but there have been some additions, and I thought it would be helpful to have our Thanksgiving selections listed together in one place!
- Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving
- Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
- The True Story of Pocahontas
- North American Indians
- Native Homes
- If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620
- You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Mayflower!
- If You Lived with the Iroquois
- P is for Pilgrim: A Thanksgiving Alphabet
- If You Were at the First Thanksgiving
- The First Thanksgiving
- The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving
- An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
- Sarah Gives Thanks
- Over the River and Through the Wood
- Milly and the Macy’s Parade
- Balloons Over Broadway
- Thanksgiving–A Harvest Celebration
- On the Mayflower (This and the following four books are by Kate Waters, and are an excellent peek into the lives of colonial children!)
- Samuel Eaton’s Day
- Sarah Morton’s Day
- Tapenum’s Day
- Mary Geddy’s Day
- The Thanksgiving Story
- The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower
- Children’s Encyclopedia of American History
- The Night Before Thanksgiving
- A Turkey for Thanksgiving
- Pardon That Turkey
- Thanksgiving on Thursday
- A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841
- Time for Cranberries
- From Seed to Pumpkin
- Why Do Leaves Change Color?
- Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself
- Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World
- Colonial Days
- Easy Make and Learn Projects: Colonial America
- More Than Mocassins: A Kid’s Activity Guide to Traditional North American Indian Life
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