3 Funny Thanksgiving Books to Read
- Foster Book Club
- Nov 18, 2025
- 1 min read
With Thanksgiving around the corner, it's a good time to suggest some picture books featuring the holiday. Even better that these books are all funny!
We hope you gobble-gobble up these turkey-themed children's books.
by Adam Wallace and illustrated by Andy Elkerton
A turkey is running loose in a school right before a Thanksgiving play. Follow along as students turn their school upside down trying to catch the turkey, ending with a twist that ensures no turkeys are harmed (or eaten!).
by Jennifer Jones
The turkeys have had it… and this Thanksgiving, they’re on strike! Can the kids find a way to bring the turkeys back before Thanksgiving dinner is ruined?
by Wendi Silvano and illustrated by Lee Harper
Turkey is in trouble. Bad trouble. The kind of trouble where it's almost Thanksgiving . . . and you're the maincourse. But Turkey has an idea--what if he doesn't look like a turkey? What if he looks like another animal instead? After many hilarious attempts, Turkey comes up with the perfect disguise to make this Thanksgiving the best ever!