I love November and everything about it. I love the crisp evenings and slightly warmer days. I love the changing colors and bright skies. I love Thanksgiving and all it entails, the feasts, family, and counting our many blessings. I even love the Thanksgiving dinner feast I  help prepare every year for my daughter's class at school. This year the third and the fourth grade classes will be joining forces and dining together. At first I wasn't thrilled about that (seeing that I sometimes have a teeny tiny problem with control issues) but I have even  been learning to be thankful for new and challenging situations.

Recently while at the library, I found three great Thanksgiving Stories. Two of the books show the true meaning of Thanksgiving and one simply and sweetly shares the first Thanksgiving story, The first book I read was probably the one I enjoyed the most. It was called Thanksgiving At The Tappletons'. The version on Amazon must be a reprint of the original because the book I read had a real human family and this version has a fox family. Either way, this book is delightful. It tells the story of a family who looses all of the thanksgiving dinner through a series of unfortunate mistakes. Do they despair or do they find something to be thankful about? Be sure to check out your own copy to find out!




The second book was Mousekin's Thanksgiving and it appears to be out of circulation except for some pricey used copies. However, it is worth checking to see if you library has a copy to read. Mouskin is hungry, but every time he goes to one of his secret food stashes, it is empty. Who is stealing his winter stores and who keeps making that mysterious gobble, gobble sound? Mounkin finds out and get a wonderful Thanksgiving surprise in the process.




And last but not least, is Thanksgiving Mice. The mice in this story put on a play about the very first Pilgrim settlers and the kind Indians who teach them to grow corn. Short and sweet, this book is appropriate for the very young between four and six.




So ends an other episode of Kids Korner, with me, children's author Aileen Stewart. Join me next week for another exciting episode, same crazy time, same crazy channel. And feel free to drop by my personal website, Fun With Aileen, any day of the week for even more on reading, writing, and my very own early grade chapter book Fern Valley. And be sure to watch for Return To Fern Valley coming summer of 2014! 

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