Feast of Delicious Books @ Fresno State Library

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed Pie A parody of the accumulative rhyme "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly" in which a guest at a Thanksgiving dinner eats everything in sight.

Alligator Arrived With Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast From Alligator's apples to Zebra's zucchini, a multitude of alphabetical animals and foods celebrate Thanksgiving with a grand feast.

Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal a family's preparations for their Thanksgiving feast, with everyone pitching in to help--including Baby, who sleeps quiet as a mouse. Celebrate food and family with this heartwarming Thanksgiving picture book.

Gobble, Gobble A child observes wild turkeys through the seasons. Includes facts about this classic American bird.

Thanksgiving Stories and Poems A collection of stories, poems, and songs about Thanksgiving Day, by such authors as Aileen Fisher, Jack Prelutsky, Eve Merriam, and Yoshiko Uchida.

Daisy's Crazy Thanksgiving Wanting to spend a quiet Thanksgiving away from her parents' restaurant, Daisy discovers that her relatives lead even crazier lives than her own.

Junie B., first grader : turkeys we have loved and eaten (and other thankful stuff) To celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, Mr. Scary's first grade class prepares a Thankful List for the school contest, but Junie B. Jones finds it hard to be grateful for squash or Tattletale May.

Giving thanks : a Native American good morning message A Native American thanksgiving address, offered to Mother Earth in gratitude for her bounty and for the variety of her creatures, including human beings, is presented by a contemporary Mohawk chief who has delivered the address around the world.

The bookworm's feast : a potluck of poems A collection of poems on a variety of topics organized according to the courses of a meal.

Corn aplenty Two children watch a local farmer grow a crop of corn and as the corn develops--from seed to harvest time--so does the friendship between the children and the farmer.

Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar? It's easy to take a cookie out of the cookie jar: just reach in. But how does it get in there in the first place? It's more complicated than you might think. Someone has to milk the cow, grow the wheat, harvest the sugar cane--everyone has a special job to do to make that cookie possible.

Rice is Life From planting the seeds to harvesting the ripe grain, this beautiful, poetic book tells the story of rice and of the Balinese people, for whom rice is life.

Let's Eat! what children eat around the world Explores what five children living in South Africa, Mexico, Thailand, France, and India eat at mealtime with their families, how their families obtain and prepare food, what kinds of food may be eaten at celebrations, and what their favorite food is. Includes recipes.

Bread and jam for Frances "Jam on toast," sings Frances about the food she likes most--until she has it for the sixth meal in two days.

Fry bread Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal. Children help a Native American grandmother make fry bread, delves into the history, social ways, foodways, and politics of America's 573 recognized Indian tribes.

A turkey for Thanksgiving Mr. and Mrs. Moose try to invite a turkey to their Thanksgiving feast.

It's Thanksgiving Presents twelve poems about Thanksgiving, including "When Daddy carves the Turkey," "I Ate Too Much," "Daddy's Football Game," and "If Turkeys Thought."

Arthur's Thanksgiving Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.

Gobble: The Complete Book of Thanksgiving Words Defines or explains various words commonly associated with Thanksgiving, such as "harvest," "Pilgrim," and "musket," and gives their origin or historical background.

The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic stories Recipes based on the pioneer food written about in the "Little House" books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with quotes from the books and descriptions of the food and cooking of pioneer times.

Food Reproducible pages designed to teach children in primary grades about food using a whole language approach.

Feliz Dia De Gracias, Gus! When Gus and Beto go to gather farm vegetables for Thanksgiving, Beto brings his camera along so that he can finish a homework assignment.

Thanksgiving Treat There seems to be no place for the smallest child in a family's busy preparations for Thanksgiving, until Grandpa steps in and they perform a vital task everyone else has forgotten.

Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving Dinner Forgetful Silly Tilly Mole nearly succeeds in ruining her Thanksgiving dinner, but her animal friends come to the rescue with tasty treats.

The Turkeys' Side of It: Adam Joshua's Thanksgiving Disappointed at being cast as a turkey in the school Thanksgiving play, Adam Joshua figures out a way to make the best of it.

The Dragon Thanksgiving Feast: Things to Make and Do Dragons celebrate Thanksgiving by preparing and enjoying a great feast. Includes instructions for activities and games related to the holiday.

Don't Eat Too Much Turkey! The first graders get tired of Anna Maria's bossy ways during the Thanksgiving preparations.

Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn: The Story of Thanksgiving Symbols Traces the history of this American harvest celebration and the development of its symbols and legends.

Everybody Bakes Bread A rainy-day errand introduces Carrie to many different kinds of bread, including chapatis, challah, and papusaa. Includes recipes.

Arroz Con Leche Provides a poetic recipe for rice pudding that not only offers instructions for making the treat but highlights the ways in which it can delight all the senses.

Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie While visiting her grandparents, literal-minded Amelia Bedelia finally learns, despite some mishaps, how to bake an apple pie.

Applesauce Season A child recounts a family's annual applesauce-making ritual, from buying apples at a farmer's market, through cooking and milling the fruit, to eating the finished product on potato pancakes, gingerbread, or even plain.

Chinese Festivals Cookbook Explains the significance of food during Chinese New Year, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival, and includes recipes for such dishes as spring rolls, sticky rice, and moon cakes.

Winnie the Pooh's Teatime Cookbook Discusses the phenomenon of afternoon tea and provides recipes for muffins, pastries, and other appropriate fare, punctuated by quotations from the works of A.A. Milne.

The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook Step-by-step recipes inspired by passages from the books about Anne of Green Gables.

Elliot's Extraordinary Cookbook Includes recipes for a child to prepare as well as miscellaneous information on nutrition.

The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow: The Lost TV Special Turkey Hollow is a town where hundreds of years ago, a meteorite landed nearby on the outskirts of town. One Thanksgiving, young Timmy is accompanied by strange, unearthly sounds. That meteorite wasn't a rock but an egg holding seven furry, goofy monsters, each with a unique musical sound. After the initial shock, Timmy befriends the lovable creatures following him all around Turkey Hollow. Not everyone takes a liking to the visitors though and its up to Timmy to protect his new friends and save Thanksgiving!

I'm a Turkey! In spoken-word song with rhyming text, a turkey describes his life in a large flock, always looking out for other creatures that might find him tasty. (Internet component includes downloadable song)