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The first Thanksgiving / by Kathleen Connors.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: What you didn't know about historyPublication details: New York : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2014.Edition: First editionDescription: 24 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1482405814
  • 9781482405811
Subject(s):
Contents:
A happy holiday -- Fact and fiction -- What do we know? -- Giving thanks -- Guests -- The meal -- Fun and games -- A modern myth -- A table for many.
Summary: Many American celebrate the fourth Thursday in November by watching football and eating a big meal with their family. This is the national holiday of Thanksgiving, a tradition linked to the Pilgrims and their early days in the New World. But pictures showing the Pilgrims sitting down for a feast with their Native American friends are only partly right. Stories about this day often make it sound much nicer that it was. So, what was the first Thanksgiving really like?
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 394.2649 C752 Available 33111005492315
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 394.2649 C752 Available 33111007539055
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

It's likely that the Pilgrims ate goose or duck at the first Thanksgiving, and they didn't eat pumpkin pie. Readers will be astonished at the myths surrounding one of the most celebrated holidays in the United States. Fun fact boxes add more surprising U.S. history information that complements the social studies curriculum. As readers learn fact from fiction, historical images will fascinate them, especially idealizations of this storied event. As is often the case, the truth of the first Thanksgiving is more interesting than the myth. Young historians will pass on their knowledge around the family turkey dinner for many years.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A happy holiday -- Fact and fiction -- What do we know? -- Giving thanks -- Guests -- The meal -- Fun and games -- A modern myth -- A table for many.

Many American celebrate the fourth Thursday in November by watching football and eating a big meal with their family. This is the national holiday of Thanksgiving, a tradition linked to the Pilgrims and their early days in the New World. But pictures showing the Pilgrims sitting down for a feast with their Native American friends are only partly right. Stories about this day often make it sound much nicer that it was. So, what was the first Thanksgiving really like?

Levels: GR: L; DRA: 24

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