Saadia’s Recommendations
Squanto’s Journey, The Story of the First Thanksgiving by Joseph Bruchac
The Thankful Book by Todd Parr
Thankful by Eileen Spinelli
Thanksgiving in the Woods by Phyllis Alsdurf
Thank You Omu by Oge Mora
Duck for Turkey Day by Jacqueline Jules
The Thanksgiving Door by Debby Atwell
Public Librarian Sam Maskell’s Recommnedations
George by Alex Gino
The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connors
Spit and Passion by Cristy C. Road
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwell
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
Lovely by Jess Hong
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer
One by Kathryn Osh
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jaqueline Briggs Martin
Crowne: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
Ada’s Violin by Susan Hood
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