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Sharing the Bread by Pat Zietlow Miller

Sharing the Bread

An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving Story

Pat Zietlow Miller

Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · September 22, 2015

Celebrate food and family with this heartwarming Thanksgiving picture book.

Multigenerational FamiliesCooking & FoodThanksgiving Stories
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Who it’s for
Thanksgiving cooking becomes a warm family chorus in spare, rhythmic verse and lively illustrations.
Themes
Thanksgiving traditions, Family working together, Sharing food
Pacing
Steady

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About this book

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.

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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

A Meal in Rhythm

Thanksgiving cooking becomes a warm family chorus in spare, rhythmic verse and lively illustrations.

Come here for

  • A read-aloud with a musical cadence
  • A shared holiday meal, made by the whole family

Expect

  • Family members each have a part in the preparations
  • A warm, old-fashioned Thanksgiving atmosphere

Where it sits

Thanksgiving Stories100%
Cooking & Food80%
Multigenerational Families47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Multigenerational Families
  • Thanksgiving Stories
  • Cooking & Food
Authors
Pat Zietlow Miller
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
September 22, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Thanksgiving traditions · Family working together · Sharing food
Reading lane
Multigenerational Families