One of the joys of the Thanksgiving season is sitting down to a beautifully illustrated picture book! The best Thanksgiving books are colorful, heart-warming, and evoke the sights and sounds of the season. Here are some favorites we think your little one will love. For ease in ordering, affiliate links are included for each recommendation.
Sharing the Bread: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Story
In this spirited ode to the holiday, set at the turn of the twentieth century, a large family works together to make their special meal. 
How to Catch a Turkey
A turkey is running loose in a school right before a Thanksgiving play. This hilariously zany children's picture book combines STEAM concepts and traps with a silly story and fun illustrations, perfect for starting a new holiday family tradition or giving as a Thanksgiving gift for kids ages 4 and up!
The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks
The Berenstain cubs act out the first Thanksgiving complete with costumes, props, and a full Thanksgiving feast.
The Night Before Thanksgiving
Follow along as the feast is prepared, cousins are greeted, and everyone gathers around the table, all with an extra helping of holiday fun. This family fun read-aloud makes the perfect gift to get young readers excited for this festive fall holiday!
Thanksgiving in the Woods
Told in a gentle, lyrical style, this picture book includes warm illustrations of people gathered around bonfires and long tables adorned with candles and food, singing songs and sharing laughter.
Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving
Kitty does not like Thanksgiving. Kitty LOVES Thanksgiving. Specifically, Kitty loves turkey . . . and will do anything to get her paws on it. So, Kitty comes up with a plan but in perfect cantankerous cat fashion, can’t quite pull it off and ends up with the turkey (and all the fixins’) on her head.
Bear Says Thanks
When Bear decides to throw a feast, his friends show up one by one with different platters of delicious food to share. There’s just one problem: Bear’s cupboards are bare! What is he to do?
Fancy Nancy: Our Thanksgiving Banquet
With Fancy Nancy, this is not just a Thanksgiving dinner. This is way fancier. This is a Thanksgiving banquet—with stickers!
Llama Llama Gives Thanks
It's Thanksgiving time for Llama Llama and his family! That means yummy foods and autumn leaves and being thankful for everything from pumpkin pies to blue skies.
The Thanksgiving Story
With the help of the Native Americans, the Pilgrim family might just be able to survive their first year in this strange land—and have a November harvest to celebrate for generations!
Pinkalicious: Thanksgiving Helper
Pinkalicious and Peter decide to be Thanksgiving helpers...but when their efforts lead to a crash in the living room and smashed potatoes all over the kitchen, they worry that they're the worst helpers in the history of Thanksgiving.
Turkey Trouble
Turkey is in trouble. Bad trouble. The kind of trouble where it’s almost Thanksgiving…and you’re the main course. But Turkey has an idea―what if he doesn’t look like a turkey? What if he looks like another animal instead?
Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving
Starring in your school’s Thanksgiving play would make even the coolest cat nervous, including Pete the Cat! But the show must go on. With more than ten flaps that open to reveal hidden surprises, Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving is sure to be a holiday hit and a favorite for Pete the Cat fans.
