23 Thanksgiving Themed Books for Preschool and Elementary Speech and Language Therapy

There are SO MANY Thanksgiving-themed books to choose from, so how do you choose THE BEST books for your literacy based speech and language therapy sessions? 

You read this post and choose from the list so you don’t have to waste your time sifting through them all! The hard part has been done for you!

These are 23 of THE BEST Thanksgiving-themed books for preschool, early elementary, and elementary school speech therapy sessions.

23 Thanksgiving books for speech therapy

Turkey and Thanksgiving Themed Books:

  • The Itsy Bitsy Pilgrim by: Sonali Fry (PK)
  • Give Thanks for Each Day by: Steve Metzger (PK-K)
  • Run, Turkey, Run! by: Diane Mayr (PK-K)
  • Who Will Carve the Turkey This Thanksgiving? By: Jerry Pallotta & David Biedrzycki (PK-K)
  • Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by: Margaret Sutherland (PK-K)
  • 10 Fat Turkeys by: Tony Johnston (PK-1)
  • How to Catch a Turkey by: Adam Wallace (PK-2)
  • ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by: Dav Pilkey (PK-2)
  • The Ugly Pumpkin by: Dave Horowitz (PK-2)
  • Thankful by: Eileen Spinelli (PK-2)
  • Thankful by: Elaine Vickers (PK-2)
  • Duck and Hippo Give Thanks by: Jonathan London (PK-2)
  • The Firefighters’ Thanksgiving by: Maribeth Boelts (PK-2)
  • There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey by: Lucille Colandro (PK-2)
  • Hello, Fall! by: Deborah Diesen (PK-2)
  • Bear Says Thanks by: Karma Wilson (PK-2)
  • Turkey Trouble by: Wendi Silvano (PK-3)
  • The Very Stuffed Turkey by: Katharine Kenah (K-3)
  • Turk and Runt by: Lisa Wheeler (K-4)
  • A Plump and Perky Turkey by: Teresa Bateman (K-6)
  • Balloons Over Broadway by: Melissa Sweet (1-6)
  • No Turkey for Thanksgiving (also known as Duck for Turkey Day) by: Jacqueline Jules (1-6)
  • A Turkey for Thanksgiving by: Eve Bunting (1-6)

Now you’ve picked a book to use in your speech therapy sessions…But…HOW do you use the book effectively in your speech therapy sessions? 

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