Tammi Salzano

Cute little woodland animals celebrate Thanksgiving together in this sweet holiday board book, complete with textures for a touch-and-feel experience. The rhyming text describes the activities of the day, from cooking to crafts, and expresses gratitude for friends and fun...

Thanksgiving Friends: A Touch-and-Feel Book of Thanks is a charming little book, one I requested from the library by mistake, not realizing it was a board book, but one which I nevertheless enjoyed. The illustrations are show more cute, the rhyming text is fun to read aloud, and the textures will provide babies and toddlers with an added element of interest. Recommended to anyone seeking good, basic Thanksgiving board books for the youngest children. show less

Read this back at Winchester (2018-2020) but forgot to add it to LT at the time! It's a great simple counting book, with lots of different clusters of insects (butterflies, bees, ladybugs, etc.) vying for the fallen blueberry in rhyming couplets. In the end, a bird swoops in - but meanwhile, the readers have counted up to ten! Excellent for toddlers.

This review was previously published. I rewrote and edited it.

A brief introductory sentence explains that Fox usually loves the wind but not today. The rest of the story is told through the pictures with the only text being opposites - "far, near", "left, right" etc. At the end, another sentence explains that Fox really does love windy days. The story told through the pictures shows Fox, a mail carrier, and all his letters being blown about by the wind, then collected with help from his show more friends.

This is a Tiger Tales book, so the art is very cute with lots of fuzzy animals. Some of the leaves are sparkly foil and slightly indented on the page. The cover is padded and the book is about 7x7 inches. The pictures are cute, as I said, but somehow out of focus and blurred, as though they were made with poor image resolution.

Verdict: Cute, but not enough that I feel we really need it. Plus, I always feel that padded board books are not the best choice for libraries - I don't think they're as sturdy. An additional purchase.

ISBN: 9781589258754; Published 2012 by Tiger Tales; Borrowed from another library in my consortium show less

Audience: pre K -3rd grades
This is a great book about wind that also discusses opposites throughout the book. Young children will like this book because of the excitement created by the actions of the wind such as blowing away the mail and it can be used to discuss the functions of the wind.