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  • Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving

    Joseph Bruchac, Greg Shed

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Sept. 1, 2007)
    In 1620 an English ship called the "Mayflower "landed on the shores inhabited by the Pokanoket, and it was Squanto who welcomed the newcomers and taught them how to survive. When a good harvest was gathered, the people feasted together--a tradition that continues almostfour hundred years later."
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  • The Story of the First Thanksgiving

    Elaine Raphael, Don Bolognese

    Paperback (Scholastic Trade, Oct. 1, 1992)
    * This is a used book. Now available in paperback, this interactive book allows young readers to learn about American history while easy-to-follow drawing lessons let them reproduce the book's characters, costumes, and settings.
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  • The True Story of Squanto and the First Thanksgiving

    Julie McDonald

    eBook (Julie McDonald, Sept. 14, 2017)
    This short story, about a 10-15 minute read, is interesting, educational and amazing! It is the true story of a young native man who was captured as a slave, taken to Spain and England, then returned to his homeland again just in time for the arrival of the Pilgrims. While people of all ages will enjoy this story, it was written with grade school children in mind.

  • The Story of the First Thanksgiving

    Elaine Raphael, Don Bolognese

    Hardcover (Scholastic, Nov. 1, 1991)
    Presents the story of the first Thanksgiving as celebrated by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians
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  • Thanksgiving: The True Story

    Penny Colman

    Hardcover (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Sept. 16, 2008)
    Every year on the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate with a Thanksgiving meal. But what is the origin of this tradition? Did it really begin when the Pilgrims and Native Americans got together in 1621 in Plymouth,Massachusetts? In her signature narrative nonfiction style, Penny Colman paints a fascinating picture of this cherished American holiday. She examines numerous Thanksgiving claims which were antecedents to the national holiday we celebrate today, raises the turkey question―does everyone eat turkey on Thanksgiving?―and shows Sarah Josepha Hale's instrumental role in establishing the holiday. Get ready to delve into the rich past of Thanksgiving in an enlightening history that uncovers the true story.Thanksgiving is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

  • My First Thanksgiving

    Tomie dePaola

    Board book (Grosset & Dunlap, Aug. 14, 2008)
    Tomie dePaola’s simple text and bright illustrations perfectly capture the joy of this special holiday. Young readers will love learning more about the traditional celebrations of the day.
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  • The Story of Thanksgiving

    Nancy J. Skaermas

    Board book (WorthyKids, Jan. 30, 2000)
    This book tells the story of the first Thanksgiving-how the pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower in search of religious freedom, how they landed at Plymouth Rock, and how the Native Americans taught them to plant and then joined them in a Thanksgiving feast. Parents can use the simple text and the bright illustrations of this book to introduce a very young child to this holiday.
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  • The First Thanksgiving

    Jean Craighead George, Thomas Locker

    Hardcover (Philomel Books, Sept. 1, 1993)
    A sensitive retelling of the story of the first Thanksgiving chronicles the coming of the Pilgrims to America, their early struggles, and their friendship with Squanto, enhanced with richly detailed paintings that evoke the early seventeenth-century colonial period.
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  • The First Thanksgiving

    Linda Hayward

    Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 10, 1990)
    Illus. in full color. The story of the Pilgrims is vividly retold in simple language for beginning readers. "Easy- reader history is in demand, and this one is welcome. Illustrated with plenty of appealing watercolors."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.
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  • What Was the First Thanksgiving?

    Joan Holub, Who HQ, Lauren Mortimer

    eBook (Penguin Workshop, Aug. 15, 2013)
    The history of the feast! After their first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors. Of course, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag didn’t know it at the time, but they were making history, celebrating what would become a national holiday.
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  • The Very First Thanksgiving Day

    Rhonda Gowler Greene, Susan Gaber

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Oct. 1, 2002)
    From the same team that brought you The Day Jesus Was Born comes a charming story that introduces the Thanksgiving holiday to young readers.This is the food, gathered and blessed, the corn and sweet berries, and wild turkey dressed, shared on the very first Thanksgiving Day. Join author Rhonda Gowler Greene and illustrator Susan Gaber on a journey back to the very first Thanksgiving Day, when two societies came together to feast and honor the earth's bounty in peace.
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  • The True Story of the First Thanksgiving

    Colleen Adams

    Library Binding (Powerkids Pr, Sept. 1, 2008)
    Describes the Pilgrims' voyage to America, their difficult winter, how the Native Americans helped them, and their harvest celebration, which was the first Thanksgiving, and discusses when it became an official holiday.
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