Kids love reading books that correspond with each holiday, and it’s always so exciting to get the books out of the box. I think the children like holiday books even more because they only come out of the box once a year. Holiday books are some of my favorites, and these books include both children’s books and chapter books.
The Santa Claus League by Stephen Miller (Summary taken from the back cover of the book) “Twas the night before Christmas…Julia Martin is the most incredible girl in school, and Mason Howell is hopelessly smitten by her. Julia is in charge of the local Charity Christmas party and she’s pleased at how well everything is …
This is the Turkey by Abby Levine This is a fun story! It’s written in rhyme, which is always fun, and it’s actually well done. It is clever and full of some fun surprises. The illustrations are bright and colorful, and so cute! I love the expressions on the faces. I love that, although exaggerated …
Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving by Peter and Connie Roop We got this book a few years ago in a book order from the school, and I actually like it. It has some very good information about the Pilgrims and the Native Americans. It isn’t a fictional story, it is facts and information about the Pilgrims and …
Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick This book describes the events that happened before the Mayflower left England, during the voyage across the Atlantic, and after the Pilgrims decided to settle Plymouth. It describes the ever-changing relationships between the Pilgrims and the Natives, in great detail. Philbrick spends a lot of time describing King Phillip’s War of …
Welcome to Thanksgiving Week!! Each day this week I will review Thanksgiving Books. Some will be for adults and some for children, so check back each day to see what’s new! (Thank you snowvillageinn.com for this nice image!)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Summary: “‘I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.’ A summer evening’s ghost …
It’s Halloween by Jack Prelutsky There are lots of children’s picture books for Halloween, but this one is fun because it’s a little longer and even has chapters! It’s great for the second/third graders who want to read something a little more than a picture book. It’s written in lyrical form, which is so fun, …
The Dark by Lemony Snickey I didn’t know Lemony Snicket wrote picture books until I picked this one up at the library. It’s a cute story about Laszlo, who is afraid of the dark. He knows that sometimes the dark hides in the closet or behind the shower curtain, but it is always hiding in …
The Halloween Play by Felicia Bond This is a cute little story. Roger’s school class is putting on a Halloween play. They practiced, sent out invites, and were ready to perform. Roger had an important part in this play and he was a little nervous. He had to wait a long time, and then it …
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Summary: “It takes a graveyard to raise a child. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There …
