Give thanks for the picture book with these wonderful Thanksgiving stories. Enjoy some turkey tales while waiting for the special holiday to arrive!

Gus, the pilgrim turkey by Teresa Bateman ; illustrated by Ellen Joy Sasaki

The Berenstain Bears' Thanksgiving by Stan & Jan Berenstain

An old-fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott ; illustrated by James Bernardin

Little Bear's Thanksgiving. Illustrated by Mariana by Janice

Franklin's Thanksgiving by [written by Sharon Jennings] ; illustrated by Brenda Clark

I'm definitely in a fall mood. With the weather getting cooler, I keep thinking about fall stuff like apple cider, warm soup, and pumpkins. I'm ready to go buy some pumpkins right now, but it's still a little too early for that. In the meantime, I think I'll just read some books about them. Here are some of my favorite easy-reading titles all about pumpkins. Enjoy!

Buster and the giant pumpkin by Marc Brown

Oh my, pumpkin pie! by Charles Ghigna; illustrated by Kenneth Spengler

Pumpkin fever by written by Charnan Simon; illustrated by Jan Bryan-Hunt

Franklin's pumpkin by Sharon Jennings; illustrated by Robert Penman, Sasha McIntyre, Jelena Sisic, Shelley Southern

With so many ponds nearby, I've been noticing a lot of ducks waddling around outside the library. Ducks are such nice birds — sometimes I like to feed them bread! I like reading about ducks, too. What about you? The library has lots of great books in our Readers section all about ducks! Try:

Ducks in muck by Lori Haskins ; illustrated by Valeria Petrone

Lucky duck by written by Ellen Weiss ; illustrated by Brian Lies

Goose and Duck by Jean Craighead George ; illustrated by Priscilla Lamont

Duck & company by Kathy Caple

And maybe next time you come to the library, you'll see some ducks outside on the grass, too!

• Billy Bear's Playground
• Build-a-Monster
• Coloring Pages of Nursery Rhymes
• Count Us In Games
• Dinosaur Puppet Activity
• Lil' Fingers
• Live and Learn (early math concepts)
• Mama Lisa's House of Nursery Rhymes
• McGruff's Kids Page
• PBS Kids — (here you'll find friends from Boobah, Barney, Clifford and more)
• Primary Games
• Rebus Rhymes

Books

• Learn to read at Starfall
• Little Golden Books
• StoryPlace Pre-school Library

Trouble with trolls by Jan Brett

Stone soup : an old tale by told and pictured by Marcia Brown

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

A house for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

A visit to grandma's by Nancy Carlson

It takes a village by written and illustrated by Jane Cowen-Fletcher

Feathers for lunch by Lois Ehlert