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
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Published: 09/22/2015
ISBN: 9780307981820
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.10h x 9.10w x 0.40d
Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2015 pg. 124
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2015
School Library Journal 07/01/2015 pg. 66
Publishers Weekly 08/24/2015
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2015 pg. 57
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 63
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 180263 / Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story
Reading Level: 1.8 /
Interest Level: Lower Grade /
Point Value: 0.5