thanksgiving Archives - Redeemed Reader https://redeemedreader.com/tag/thanksgiving/ Kids' Books. Culture. Christ. Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:12:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redeemedreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.png thanksgiving Archives - Redeemed Reader https://redeemedreader.com/tag/thanksgiving/ 32 32 *This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore https://redeemedreader.com/this-is-the-feast-by-diane-z-shore/ https://redeemedreader.com/this-is-the-feast-by-diane-z-shore/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 03:32:40 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=36744 There aren’t many picture books about Thanksgiving; This is the Feast is one of the best. This is the Feast by Diane Z. Shore, illustrated by Megan Lloyd. HarperCollins, 2008. 32 pages. Reading Level: Picture books, Ages 4-8 Recommended For: Ages 4-8, Ages 8-10 This is the Feast describes the trials of the pilgrims from…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/this-is-the-feast-by-diane-z-shore/feed/ 0 Gladys Hunt on The Scent of Thanksgiving https://redeemedreader.com/gladys-hunt-on-smelling-thanksgiving/ https://redeemedreader.com/gladys-hunt-on-smelling-thanksgiving/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:05:00 +0000 https://redeemedreader.com/?p=36639 Gladys Hunt shares some wonderful, evocative picture books for family Thanksgiving gatherings.

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/thanksgiving-comes-before-christmas/feed/ 4 Have an Awesome Thanksgiving https://redeemedreader.com/picture-books-for-the-season/ https://redeemedreader.com/picture-books-for-the-season/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:00:14 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=6984 In honor of this week’s holiday, a book review post from a few years back: *Sarah Gives Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday, by Mike Allegra, illustrated by David Gardner.  Whitman, 2012, 32 pages. Age-interest level: 4-up As our story opens, Sarah Hale is gathered with her five children around the Thanksgiving table.  No…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/picture-books-for-the-season/feed/ 4 Looking Forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas https://redeemedreader.com/looking-forward-to-thanksgiving-and-christmas/ https://redeemedreader.com/looking-forward-to-thanksgiving-and-christmas/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:27:15 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=10278 Every holiday season brings forth a crop of shiny new picture books, and we’re on the beat.  Today, two for Thanksgiving and two for Christmas–the more secular side of Christmas, but we plan to tell you about more Christ-centered ones as the season approaches.  Giving Thanks: Poems, Prayers, and Praise Songs of Thanksgiving, by Katherine…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/are-you-turkey-worthy/feed/ 1 A Prayer of Thanks from the “Valley of Vision” https://redeemedreader.com/a-prayer-of-thanks-from-the-valley-of-vision/ https://redeemedreader.com/a-prayer-of-thanks-from-the-valley-of-vision/#respond Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:05:00 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=2719 Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions.  Drawn from the writings of men like John Bunyan, Isaac Watts, and Charles Spurgeon, The Valley of Vision is a wonderful place to enrich your prayer life (and that of older children!) any time of year.  How much more so at Thanksgiving, when we celebrate…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/a-prayer-of-thanks-from-the-valley-of-vision/feed/ 0 Ways to Be Grateful https://redeemedreader.com/ways-to-be-grateful/ https://redeemedreader.com/ways-to-be-grateful/#respond Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:08:56 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=2707 I’m sitting in an upstairs bedroom as the smell of pumpkin pie wafts up the stairwell. Tomorrow the family will arrive, starting around noon: not just relatives, but friends and tag-alongs and people I’ve never met before who will be family for one day. Thanksgiving unites us like no other holiday. No matter what one’s…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/ways-to-be-grateful/feed/ 0 RR Podcast 9: Susan Hunt on Raising Thankful Kids https://redeemedreader.com/rr-podcast-9-susan-hunt-on-raising-thankful-kids/ https://redeemedreader.com/rr-podcast-9-susan-hunt-on-raising-thankful-kids/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:34:46 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=2682 Last week, Janie and I had the privilege of speaking with Susan Hunt…and happily for you, we managed to tape our conversation!  For those of you who don’t know her, you’re in for a treat.  For years she has been a staple at women’s ministry events, (In fact, she still is!  Look for her at…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/rr-podcast-9-susan-hunt-on-raising-thankful-kids/feed/ 0 Make-A-Book: Thanksgiving Edition https://redeemedreader.com/make-a-book-thanksgiving-edition/ https://redeemedreader.com/make-a-book-thanksgiving-edition/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:13:48 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=2649 Readers, this is an older post that was affected in our hack. We have not recovered all the resources yet. Our apologies! While we’re on the subject of crafts and Thanksgiving, here is a book I put together for my girls about Thanksgiving.   It’s a .pdf file right now, but you download it, print it out and have your own…

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]]> https://redeemedreader.com/make-a-book-thanksgiving-edition/feed/ 2 Thanksgiving! Books For Kids 10 and Under https://redeemedreader.com/thanksgiving-an-overview-of-books-for-kids-10-and-under/ https://redeemedreader.com/thanksgiving-an-overview-of-books-for-kids-10-and-under/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:54:03 +0000 http://ordinary-fan.flywheelsites.com/?p=2584 Books To Consider Buying We are participants in the Amazon LLC affiliate program; purchases you make through affiliate links like the one below earn us a commission. These books would be a spiritual investment.  More than the facts of the story, they help kids see God at the center of Thanksgiving. 1.  Thanksgiving: A Harvest…

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