Over the River and Through the Wood: A Blue Ribbon Book

This timeless holiday poem is charmingly illustrated by Christopher Manson (Publisher: North South Books, 1993). His beautiful hand-painted woodcuts are a fresh take on a vintage theme. I hadn't thought of this song as being specifically for Thanksgiving when we sang snippets of it on the road growing up! The snowy scenes are lovely for Christmas time as well. The grandkids love it!

Christopher Manson's illustrations are perfect for this Holiday favorite! A great board book to give and share with little ones on Thanksgiving Day!

I just bought this book for my 2nd grade music classes because I've been using a copy from the library for the last 3 years, and my students all LOVE this book. The pictures have a story unto themselves: a family is driving by the Macy's parade as they leave town for their grandparents' house, the baby crawls out the window during a traffic jam, gets tossed about through the parade, rides some balloons, and ends up safely delivered to Grandmother's house just in time for the family to arrive and eat a traditional dinner together... except the baby steals the pumpkin pie. Kids just shriek with laughter when they aren't busy singing, and (most important to their music teacher) they remember the song later because they had such fun learning it. They beg to read this book again and again, but I only do it at Thanksgiving, so it's a big treat. ;-) Many thanks to the illustrator.

My three-year old lovrd this. Nice pictures of an old-fashioned Thanksgiving, but he particularly liked the idea of a ook you could sing along to.

David Catrow is one of my favorite illustrators, and he definately puts a new spin on a classic Thanksgiving Day rhyme in this book. . .I especially love the cat!