Happy Thanksgiving

Library Holiday Hours:
Wed., 10/27 Close at 6pm
Thur., 10/28 Closed
Fri., 10/29 Closed
Sat., 10/30 Normal hours resume

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: The Perfect Thanksgiving by Eileen Spinelli

Song: We Eat Turkey (tune: Are you sleeping?)

We eat turkey, we eat turkey
Oh so good, oh so good
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving
Yum, yum, yum
yum, yum, yum

Mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes

Oh so good, oh so good
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving
Yum, yum, yum
yum, yum, yum

*Add your own favorite Thanksgiving feast foods.

Book: Run, Turkey, Run! by Diane Mayr

Flannelboard: Five little turkeys
5 little turkeys standing by the door,
one waddled off, and then there were 4.
4 little turkeys under a tree,
one waddled off, and then there were 3.
3 little turkeys with nothing to do,
one waddled off, and then there were 2.
2 little turkeys in the noon day sun,
one waddled off, and then there were 1.
1 little turkeys better run away,
For soon will come Thanksgiving Day.


Book: I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Allison Jackson

Craft: Turkey hats.  Using a brown piece of construction paper, cut a strip that will circle around the child's head.  Add a turkey face to the front and feathers in the back.

Beyond Storytime: Looking for an alternate perspective on Thanksgiving Day and its representation in today's culture? Check out this commentary by Debbie Reese (post on Nov 7, 2013).

Other books to checkout:  
Gobble, Gobble by Cathryn Falwell
This is the Turkey by Abby Levine
The Very First Thanksgiving Day by Rhonda Gowler Greene