It’s November! Yay!!!! I love looking forward to Thanksgiving with my fall decorations out and my Thanksgiving picture books. I love, love, love Thanksgiving picture books! They are just so yummy and warm!!!

The above book is such a delight to read.

It tells the story of the power of one woman, Sarah Josepha Hale, who fought to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Did you know that states in New England celebrated Thanksgiving as a holiday every year, but the rest of the United States did not?

Did you know that Thanksgiving was a day often celebrated in the late 1700s and early 1800s as a way to give thanks to God for blessings received after days of fasting and prayer were called for by government leaders?

Did you know that Sarah Josepha Hale wrote letters to U.S. Presidents for decades, pleading with them to make Thanksgiving a federal holiday? She never gave up and finally got her wish when Pres. Lincoln responded.

Not only was she a crusader, but she was a ladies’ fashion magazine editor, a mother of five, and the writer of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”

You will know all these things after reading this book! I give this book 5 out of 5 stars! The illustrations are so beautiful and the story is fun to learn. To top it off, it’s true! Check it out from your local public library. Thank you, Sarah for saving Thanksgiving for us!

If you want more picture book suggestions for November, check out the November section here on my website for Christian-based family read-alouds and traditions. Just click on this link and scroll down to the bottom to see the November list.