Teacher Created Materials 9798330929757 Pub Date: 11/24/2026 $10.99 Trade Paperback 32 Pages Carton Qty: 140 Ages 4 to 9, Grades K to 3 Juvenile Nonfiction / Holidays & Celebrations JNF026060 Series: Our Celebrations Thanksgiving Dona Herweck Rice Key Selling Points The series can be used to support early social studies (especially civics) instruction. The series helps students understand shared traditions, values, and national identity. A friendly, conversational voice makes each book engaging and ideal for read-alouds. Activities and discussion prompts invite readers to reflect on how they celebrate in their own communities. Historical events and cultural traditions are explored through familiar holidays children already know. Learn why Thanksgiving is celebrated, how it began, and how families show gratitude through traditions like special meals and helping others. Summary Explore the meaning behind Thanksgiving and discover why the holiday is a time for gratitude and togetherness. In Thanksgiving, kids explore why many families celebrate this special day each year and what it means to be thankful. With warm, kid-friendly explanations and familiar examples, children learn how Thanksgiving connects to history and how traditions help people show gratitude for the people and blessings in their lives. Thanksgiving: Explores Thanksgiving traditions such as sharing a special meal, spending time with family and friends, and helping others Connects the holiday to big ideas like gratitude, community, and shared traditions Invites children to reflect on what they are thankful for and how they celebrate in their own lives From special meals and family time to gratitude and giving back, Thanksgiving becomes a meaningful celebration children can understand and remember. The Our Celebrations series helps children connect familiar U.S. holidays to the stories, values, and traditions that shape the United States. Each book invites young learners to explore why a celebration matters—introducing its origins, purpose, and customs. With kid-friendly explanations, relatable examples, and discussion prompts that encourage reflection, the series supports early social studies learning (especially civics) while helping children see how celebrations bring communities together. Contributor Bio Dona Herweck Rice is the prolific author of books, stories, and poems for children of all ages. She’s written hundreds of books and more on just about every topic under the sun, from acrobats to zucchini and everything in between. She has also written award- winning books and curriculums for educators, especially on the subjects of writing and language arts. In fact, her first publications were a series for teachers on how to teach writing in the classroom. She spearheaded the development of Write TIME for Kids, which earned the Golden Lamp award for curriculum from the Association of American Publishers. Her writing is featured heavily in such acclaimed series as Focused Phonics, Untold Stories, Fiction Readers, Nonfiction Readers, Learn and Create, and more. Dona’s best-selling children’s title with more than 13,000 copies is How Plants Grow, and her most recent titles include dozens of books for the Exploration Storytime series, two titles in the Curious Me!™ board book series, and Ride with Rampage in partnership with the Los Angeles Rams. When Dona visits classrooms to talk about being an author, the most requested titles include History’s Mysteries, Bad Guys and Gals of the Wild West, and Oh, Rats!––the latter being one of Dona’s particular favorites. TCM FSP Shell and CUB 2026 Titles
