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Scholastic Book Clubs • October 7, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs books Fall October reading Thanksgiving

The Book List: Thanksgiving


Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and it’s the perfect time to get together with the family to read a new book. Enjoy these tales of traditions, cool-weather activities and quality family time!

Give Back

Celebrate kindness and sharing in a sweet picture book about giving back! Thank You, Omu meets All Are Welcome!

Greet the morning shiny-new,
seat for me and seat for you,
drip-drop syrup, pancake stack.
Take a plate, and…
give back!

Follow a little girl and her multigenerational family as they prepare for a community meal and clothing drive. With charming, lyrical text from Gina Bellisario, Give Back celebrates kindness, community, and the various ways we can give to those around us. A perfect book for the holiday season and all year round.

Our Table

#1 New York Times bestseller Peter H. Reynolds creates a tender, lyrical story of multigenerational love, tradition, and family coming together with gratitude and thanks.

Celebrated, bestselling creator Peter H. Reynolds brings his signature touch of love and kindness to this special, timely picture book, as families now, more than ever, are rediscovering and reevaluating what means the most: time together with one another.

Violet longs for the time when her family was connected: before life, distractions, and technology pulled them all away from each other. They used to gather at the table, with food and love, to make memories, share their lives, and revel in time spent together. But now her family has been drifting apart, and with nobody to gather around it, the table grows smaller and smaller.

Can Violet remind her family of the warmth of time spent together, and gather around the table once more?

A mystical fable that feels at once timeless and utterly of the present moment, Our Table is renowned, bestselling creator Peter H. Reynolds at his best. Exquisite, expressive watercolour tells a tender story, growing from monochrome into luscious, joyful colour as Violet’s family is reunited around the beloved table. An ode to traditions that unite families, Our Table brings readers together with a universal message of gratitude.

Thanks for Thanksgiving

This joyful feast of words and pictures is now available in a bright levelled reader format ― with a brand-new cover treatment!

With perfect words to conjure up the rich sights, sounds, smells, and feelings of the holiday, Thanks for Thanksgiving will surely carve its place in our time-honoured tradition. Nature hikes, apple-picking, migrating geese, and even a road-hockey game are surrounded by the rich colours of autumn.

Rhythmic text introduces young readers to the words and images that celebrate the holiday, and a fact page at the back of the book includes information on the history and origins of the Canadian celebration of Thanksgiving.

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