“Mama, fetch the cooking pot. Fetch our turkey-cooking pot. Big and old and black and squat. Mama fetch the pot.” An energetic patterned text goes on to call on every member of an extended, multigenerational family to do their part as they all pitch in to prepare the Thanksgiving meal. Daddy tends the fire. Sister bakes bread. Brother bastes the turkey. Grandpa cooks berries. Grandma makes pie. Auntie mashes potatoes. Uncle pours cider. And Baby? Baby sleeps, quiet as a mouse, until it’s time for everyone to share the meal. A narrative that could easily be describing a contemporary family is paired with muted gouache illustrations showing a family of lively personalities living in the late 19th or early 20th century. (Ages 4–8)

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. 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