Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story

By Pat Zietlow Miller

Book Overview

Celebrate food and family with this heartwarming Thanksgiving picture book. We will share the risen bread. / Our made-with-love Thanksgiving spread. / Grateful to be warm and fed. / We will share the bread. 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. Mama prepares the turkey, Daddy tends the fire, Sister kneads, and Brother bastes. Everyone--from Grandma and Grandpa to the littlest baby--has a special job to do. Told in spare, rhythmic verse and lively illustrations, Sharing the Bread is a perfect read-aloud to celebrate the Thanksgiving tradition.

A warm and wonderful holiday treasure. --Publishers Weekly, Starred

A paean to the pleasures of Thanksgiving, with rhymes so musical readers may just burst into song. --The Wall Street Journal

A delightful holiday book that shows the heartwarming tradition of food and family. --Booklist

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307981835
• ISBN13: 9780307981837
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3