Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks | 
 enlarge | Authors: Margaret Sutherland, Sonja Lamut
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Category: Book
List Price: $3.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 269
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 24
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 8 x 0.3
ISBN: 0448422867
EAN: 9780448422862
ASIN: 0448422867
Publication Date: September 11, 2000
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Product Description
Sure, Thanksgiving is about pilgrims and history-and turkey, of course!-but most importantly, it's a holiday all about everything that we are thankful for. Cheerful, colorful illustrations accompany the simple text in this celebration of family, friends, and the holiday that brings them all together.
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 Lovely concept, decent execution..bonus for multicultural illustrations November 11, 2008
Overall, I'd recommend this book. It's nice to have a Thanksgiving book to read to kids the brings in the Thanks-giving piece of Thanksgiving.
The things that are mentioned to be thankful for are things a kid would relate to -- mom and dad, grandma (other family), teacher, friends, their room, hot chocolate on a rainy day, dogs and cats to pet, favorite books, sunny days, lollipops that color tongues -- and of course days like Thanksgiving to be thankful with family. It's really very nice.
I could have done without something more interesting than the my parents "love me when I'm good...and even when I'm not" notion, especially because you have to get over to the facing page before you get to the facing page for the second part of that sentiment, and so for a second I thought -- This is a horrible book! But thank goodness they finished the thought, and it comes off more cute than objectionable.
The book does a great job with being somewhat multicultural, representing white families, Asian families as well as a black father reading to his daughter. And while they don't go as far as depicting any mixed-race families, they do show children of different races playing together on many pages. One caveat is that it isn't necessarily the best for divorced or even more so single-parent only or other "non-traditional" families, as it has a pretty early emphasis on being thankful for mom and dad, which a cute-cutesy drawing of mom/dad/kid on outing complete with balloons, basketball and ice cream.
All and all, I definitely recommend this as a sweet and inexpensive little Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving book if you don't have issues with the nuclear family thing. Enjoy!
Very cute April 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We bought this to teach our son about Thanksgiving (he loves books) and he really liked it. It's a cute little book to read around the holidays especially since there aren't a lot of Thanksgiving books out there. I would recommend it to anyone.
 Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks July 27, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Loved the book, kids did too! Great to read all year long, but especially at Thanksgiving.
Cute Book April 11, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I buy my kids a new book every week .They both love this book my daughter is five and my son is seven.My son has autism so it's sometimes hard to find books that he can try to read on his own.Unlike other books this one has a few sentences on each page nice bright colors.He takes this book to therapy and the kids there like the book as well.
What is your child thankful for? Read & find out! November 8, 2004
37 out of 39 found this review helpful
This is one of those special books that involve your children and actually makes them think about what are they thankful. For me Thanksgiving is a holiday where family and friends gather around a table full of wonderful food and this is where this book starts. I like that book includes different families and that it doesn't focus on the 1st Thanksgiving, but about things that each child is thankful for. Parents who love them no matter their actions, for books, cats, dogs, bright sunny days, friends and lollipops!
What a wonderful book that should also get everyone talking about what they are thankful for!
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