Last Updated on August 16, 2026 by Amanda Leemis
Thanksgiving is the perfect time to snuggle up and share a great book! We’ve rounded up 10 of our favorite Thanksgiving books for preschoolers, filled with silly turkeys, family traditions, gratitude, and plenty of holiday fun. Whether you’re reading at home or in the classroom, these stories are a wonderful way to celebrate Thanksgiving with your little learners! Check out our Thanksgiving Learning Hub for tons of turkey fun all month long!
Why Thanksgiving Books Are Great for Preschoolers
Thanksgiving books are a fun way to introduce little learners to gratitude, kindness, family, and holiday traditions through stories they can understand and enjoy. Reading together also helps preschoolers build vocabulary, listening skills, and early literacy while creating a special opportunity to talk about what it means to be thankful. Now, check out our top 10 list!
Turkey Trouble
What’s a turkey to do when he’s the main course? Follow along as turkey tries his best to find a disguise to keep him off the table on Thanksgiving Day! Print your free turkey design printable below to go with your book!
How to Catch a Turkey
A turkey is loose at school and the Thanksgiving play is about to begin! See what happens as everyone bands together to catch the turkey! Have fun with this silly story!
A Turkey for Thanksgiving
This is such a cute story! A turkey is invited to dinner, but insead of planning his host gift, he is quaking with fear because he thinks he’s going to be eaten. Come see his surprised face when he finds out he is invited as a guest, not as supper!
I Am Thankful
This is the perfect book to talk about gratitude and love this Thanksgiving. See all of the things for which we can be thankful like families, friends, and exciting adventures together.
Bear Says Thanks
This is such a fun story about sharing food with our families and friends. Read as each little creature brings a different Thanksgiving dish to Bear’s house. But, how will Bear says thanks to all of his friends’ kindness?
Just a Special Thanksgiving
Who doesn’t love to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? I love this book! Have fun seeing incredible balloons and a crowd of happy people all ready for the fun!
Pair this book with Thanksgiving worksheets to build fine motor skills.
Thanks for Nothing!
This is a silly Thanksgiving story featuring our grumpy friend, Bruce. As Bruce tries to make a nice Thanksgiving meal for his mice friends, they keep getting in the way, which leads us to a question, what’s more important, food or friendship?
T is for Turkey
This is a fantasic alphabet book! Come along and watch the school Thankgiving day play. Enjoy each letter and see just what this holiday has to offer.
Turkey Goes to School
This is such a fun book, and is one of my favorites! Turkey heads to his first day school and finds out turkeys aren’t allowed in school! WHAT?! There’s only one thing to do, why go undercover, of course.
Pair this book with fun Thankgiving cutting practice worksheets.
Thankful
This is a wonderful thankfullness book that brings our attention to people in our everyday lives who help the community. What would we do without them? This book gets us thinking about our own family and friends who we love.
Print free Thanksgiving placemats to get creative on the big day!
Pair Your Thanksgiving Book With Two Creative Printables!
We hope you enjoyed Hollydog’s Top 10 Thanksgiving Books for Preschoolers! Keep the turkey fun going with our 2 free turkey printables! They’re the perfect activity to pair with any of the books on our list and are great for classrooms, homeschool, or cozy afternoons at home. First, design your own turkey with feathers, a face, and a name. Then, color in your own turkey puppet! Fold on the orange lines!
Print your free turkey printables!
