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