Thanks to the Animals: 10th Anniversary Edition

This is an excellent book about giving thanks, while steering faaaar away from any of the stereotypical Thanksgiving stories. My 2 1/2 year old children are Oglala Lakota and we were looking for something specifically like this to have their daycare read to the class.

A story with Native culture written by a Native American, heartwarming story overall.

I bought this book to read to my grandchildren and they made me read it again and again.They love Zoo Sap and the animals in the forest. I grew up in Maine and I loved the story. Waiting for Allend to write another book, the website is an added bonus. The book being read by both Allen in his native tongue and another reading it in English is pretty incredible. Bravo!!

terrific story -- wonderful illustrations

I have met Allen and hope to meet him again to get him to sign my book. I read it to my grandchildren and they enjoyed it so much,that each time they come over they want me to read it again to them.

This wonderful story with beautiful illustrations has a place on the shelf with others of its kind. Thanks for the mindfulness in the way you sent it.

If you are a parent, have you ever accidentally left a child behind when traveling? It is around 1900, and following the coming of the first snows, Joo Tum is taking his family on the long journey from their summer home by the seashore to their winter home in the deep inland woods. However, while he leads the horse and the rest of the family sleeps on the sled, the baby, little Zoo Sap, stands up and tumbles off. All different kinds of animals, alerted by his crying, come to help keep the wee one warm—beavers, moose, caribou, deer, fox, wolf, raccoons, porcupines, rabbits, weasels, mink, muskrat, otter, squirrels, mice, owl, raven, crow, jay, duck, goose, seagull, and finally the eagle. Will Zoo Sap survive? And will Joo Tum ever find him?Author Allen Sockabasin, a Passamaquoddy storyteller, is an artist and musician who devotes much of his time to teaching and preserving his native language. This expression of appreciation for the natural world is beautifully illustrated with colorful paintings by Rebekah Raye. The tenth anniversary second edition includes several new features, such as an Author’s Note explaining the seasonal migration of the Passamaquoddy people who occupied lands between Maine and New Brunswick, a pronunciation guide to the Passamaquoddy names of all the animals in the story, and a QR code that will let readers link to the audio recording of Sockabasin telling the tale in the Passamaquoddy language. Thanks to the Animals has been named one of the Top Ten Native American Books for Elementary Schools by American Indians in Children’s Literature and would make a great bedtime story.

This picture book made my heart sing as I read about each animal coming forth to shelter and care for the human baby.If only more humans knew of this love the animals have for us, they might quit killing them.Written by Allen Sockabasin, a Passamaquoddy Storyteller and illustrated by Rebekah Raye.. Published by Tillsbury House.#PB #NativeAmerican #mustread