TY - BOOK AU - Kiernan,Denise AU - Christoph,Jamey TI - Giving thanks: how Thanksgiving became a national holiday SN - 9780593404416 PY - 2022/// CY - New York PB - Philomel KW - Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, KW - Thanksgiving Day KW - History KW - Juvenile literature KW - Gratitude KW - Creative nonfiction KW - lcgft KW - Informational works KW - Picture books N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - "All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."-- ER -