Thank You, Thanksgiving

I bought this book for my 28 month old son around Thanksgiving time and it quickly became one of his favorites. At first glance, the book seems deceptively simple, but there is a lot going on here. There is as much story in the illustrations as there is in the text and my son loves to talk about everything he sees happening in the pictures. The book is full of quiet humor and real gratitude for the beauty of everyday life. An excellent pick.

We love the illustrations. They are vibrant, cartoony-almost a little Japanese looking. I think the illustrations are a little more intriguing than the text, which is very short. I would say that this book wouldn't hold the interest of a child over 4. That said, my kids like the pictures very much, especially the duck that follows the young girl. They are delighted every time we reach the page where the duck finds the girl's dropped scarf. They also like the the picture at the end where the duck and the rabbits share a piece of the family's pie. Cute book that is worth having.

After finishing thanksgiving dinner, a young girl's mother sends her to the store to buy some whipped cream. Along the way, she says, "Thank you" for the various things she encounters. She is thankful for her warm boots, the music that the birds make, the pretty clouds, the general store, and several other things. Most of all, she is thankful for Thanksgiving. When she returns home, her family thanks her for going to the store and getting the whipped cream like she was told. The use of repetition in this book makes it good to use with children who are just learning to read. For example, "Thank you for sending me, Mom." "Thank you, warm boots." David Milgrim does a fantastic job of using digital oil pastel to create the pictures that tell the story. The pictures are colorful and very detailed. This is a good story to read aloud during the Thanksgiving Holidays to let children know that they should be thankful for everything they have. This story will show students that they have a lot to be thankful for every day of the year, including on Thanksgiving.

Thank You Thanksgiving starts out with a family just fininshing their Thanksgiving dinner. The little girl's mother sends her to the store. As she goes on her journey is is thankful for many things such as her boots, birds singing, clounds and the park. She reaches the store and buys the whipped cream her mother needed. She takes it back to her mother and is VERY thankful for the pie with whipped cream her family now gets to share.This book would be a great Thanksgiving story to share with the preschool age group. My sister is 1 and she enjoyed looking at the pictures as we read her the story. It's a fairly short book that should keep young childrens attention well.We recommend this book to children ages 1-4. It would make a great bedtime story for little ones to hear around Thanksgiving.