Thanksgiving Is a Blessing

Thanksgiving is a blessing, one I give to you. My thanks for what you've given so my dreams can all come true.

From sunrise to sunset, a community journeys through a Thanksgiving day, bringing together offerings of family, friendship, tradition, and love. Together, they harvest their gardens for a food bank, run the annual Turkey Trot, share recipes passed down for generations, and welcome friends and family home as they gather block party-style for Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving Is a Blessing celebrates the holiday as an opportunity to be our best selves. Warm, lively illustrations bring the celebration to life, while lyrical text captures how Thanksgiving can be special for so many reasons. No matter how one celebrates, it is a chance to connect and reconnect, reminisce and make new memories.

Backmatter includes the author's favorite fall recipe as well as a craft to help kids take part in Thanksgiving Day celebrations.

Rachel Tawil Kenyon was born in Brooklyn, New York; spent her teen years in Hollywood, California; and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she writes, reads, and teaches. She writes from the heart and encourages kids to do the same. She has more than twenty years under her belt working with children and teens at her synagogue and is passionate about promoting literacy and a love of books. Rachel manages an ongoing book drive that has resulted in thousands of books for kids living with poverty. She credits her daughter for teaching her how to be a friend, her husband for showing her what love feels like, and her son for frosting her life with energy.

Udayana Lugo can't remember a time when she didn't love drawing and painting, and she's very grateful that she gets to do that every day from her home. Having grown up as a mixed-heritage person, she is intensely passionate about representation. Udayana lives in Richmond, Canada, with her family.