Budding Bookworms - Issue 4

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Share gratitude with your little one in this adorable board book. Paired with sweet illustrations, count with your kid on the many things there are to be thankful for!

Have you ever wondered what it looks like to give thanks around the world?

Well Harvest Days is the perfect book to show you how other countries and cultures give thanks through food and their Harvest Festivals. Take a journey to places like Spain, Poland, Bolivia, and more! This is a great book to introduce other cultures to your little one.

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This book is great for preschoolers in introducing what it means to be thankful. This book has cozy illustrations and rhyming text. So snuggle up with this one and soak up the thankfulness in its pages.

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In a style similar to the “House that Jack Built”, learn about and celebrate Day of the Dead! With colorful and warm illustrations that pair perfectly with rhyming sequences, follow a young girl and her grandma as they prepare an ofrenda. This book teaches the importance of tradition and memories that are passed down.

What are the gifts that you pass down to your littles that they can’t necessarily hold?

This book gives a sweet response to that question through the bond of grandson and grandma. Through the seeds of love and lessons planted in a young boy through his grandma. You see how it trickles down through generations as the young boy grows up and becomes a father.

Through simple yet sweet illustrations and text, learn how to be thankful for the little things in life! From the garden’s sprouts that grow to the plates being licked clean, this book teaches kids how to be thankful for the small things in life!

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Julie Flett is an author/illustrator who has written books such as “Birdsong”, “We All Play” and “Let’s Go!” which is her newest work. Julie is Cree-Metis and her stories often depict children who are Indigenous Canadian and their families. Flett also utilizes bilingual text in her work having both Cree and Michif text mixed in with English. Thus, making her books great way to introduce Indigenous cultures to your littles. Flett has received a number of awards for her work including TD Children’s Literature Award, two Governor’s General award, and the American Indian Library Association. Her work has also been included on many Best Book Lists from sources such as the New York Times, School Library Journal, and Horn Books.

BEYOND THE BOOK: A lot of the books talked about being grateful for the little things life. So start the practice with your kid each day to either have them write down or recite a few things they are grateful for. It does not have to be a big thing, but something as small as they are grateful for an activity they are doing that day!

Click the link above and head to PBS Learning Media to write a Thank You Letter to a community helper! Whether that be your mailman, garbage pick up, or librarian, have your kid write them a thank you note!

After reading Harvest Days talk with your child about what they learned in the seeing how other cultures practice thankfulness. Then talk about how they are similar or may differ from your own traditions. Since this book focuses on the food also that everyone makes, this could be an opportunity to try out a recipe with your kid from the book!