It’s not Thanksgiving in the Schutte house until we’ve read Harry and Wende Devlin’s Cranberry Thanksgiving. First published in 1971, this cheery holiday picture book follows Maggie and her friend Mr. Whiskers as they work to protect Maggie’s cherished family cranberry bread recipe.
This cranberry bread is famous across the whole countryside, and though Maggie’s grandmother has been hounded by bakeries for years over it, she wants to leave its treasured secrets to her granddaughter. Unfortunately, she has a deep distrust of Maggie’s friend, the aptly named Mr. Whiskers, whom she believes is out to steal the recipe from her. As this story unfolds, we learn that Maggie has invited Mr. Whiskers to be her guest at her and her grandmother’s Thanksgiving table, and her grandmother has invited the overly perfumed Mr. Horace.
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