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Observed the 4th Thursday of November (US)
Celebrate Thanksgiving
Holiday Information, Crafts and Poetry
CRAFTS FOR THANKSGIVING
Ross, Kathy
Presents twenty simple craft projects that young children can make from everyday materials.
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THE FIRST THANKSGIVING FEAST
Anderson, Joan
Recreates the first harvest feast celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 using the Pilgrim and Indian actors and the seventeenth-century setting of Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
Hayward, Linda
Describes how the first Thanksgiving celebration came to be.
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GOBBLE: THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THANKSGIVING WORDS
Graham-Barber, Lynda
Defines or explains various words commonly associated with Thanksgiving, such as "harvest," "Pilgrim," and "musket," and gives their origin or historical background.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Barkin, Carol
Discusses the significance of Thanksgiving, suggests various projects and activities for celebrating it, and provides recipes for the holiday. Pictures by Giora Carmi.
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THE HERITAGE SAMPLER: A BOOK OF COLONIAL ARTS & CRAFTS
Hoople, Cheryl G.
Discusses the practical necessity of the crafts employed by the American colonists. Includes instructions for duplicating the crafts today.
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THE PILGRIMS OF PLIMOTH
Sewall, Marcia
Chronicles, in text and illustrations, the day-to-day life of the early Pilgrims in the Plimouth Colony.
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THE PLYMOUTH THANKSGIVING
Weisgard, Leonard
The story of the Pilgrims' two month long trip across the ocean and of their difficult first year as they struggled to establish a home in Plymouth.
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SLUMPS, GRUNTS, AND SNICKERDOODLES; WHAT COLONIAL AMERICA ATE AND WHY
Perl, Lila
Examines the diets and culinary innovations of the American colonists and gives thirteen colonial recipes, including succotash, snickerdoodles, and spoon bread.
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SQUANTO AND THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
Kessel, Joyce
Describes how the Indian Squanto, an English-speaking Christian and former slave, whose village had been wiped out by smallpox, taught the Pilgrims the skills they needed to survive the harsh Massachusetts winter.
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STRANDED AT PLIMOTH PLANTATION, 1626
Bowen, Gary
After his ship crashes on the New England shore, 13-year-old Christopher begins an illustrated journal, describing the details of Puritan life at Plimoth Plantation.
J 973.21 B
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THE THANKSGIVING STORY
Dalgliesh, Alice
The story of the voyage of the Mayflower, the land the Pilgrims came to, and their life until the first harvest and the first Thanksgiving feast.
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THANKSGIVING: STORIES AND POEMS
Bauer, Caroline Feller
A collection of stories, poems, and songs about Thanksgiving Day, by Aileen Fisher, Jack Prelutsky, Eve Merriam, and Yoshiko Uchida.
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TURKEYS, PILGRIMS, AND INDIAN CORN; THE STORY OF THE THANKSGIVING SYMBOLS
Barth, Edna
Traces the history of this American harvest celebration and the development of its symbols and legends.
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Holiday Stories
ACROSS THE WIDE DARK SEA: THE MAYFLOWER JOURNEY
Van Leeuwen, Jean
A boy and his family endure a difficult nine-week journey across the ocean and survive the first winter at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts.
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ALBERT'S THANKSGIVING
Tryon, Leslie
Albert the duck helps the animal children of Pleasant Valley School prepare a Thanksgiving feast.
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ARTHUR'S THANKSGIVING
Brown, Marc Tolon
Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.
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THE CANDY CORN CONTEST
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Richard determines to win the Thanksgiving Candy Corn contest by guessing the correct number of candies in the jar but before he realizes what he's done he eats three big pieces. What will the teacher do when she finds out?
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DON'T EAT TOO MUCH TURKEY!
Cohen, Miriam
The first graders get tired of Anna Maria's bossy ways during the Thanksgiving preparations. Pictures by Lillian Hoban.
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HENRY AND MUDGE UNDER THE YELLOW MOON
Rylant, Cynthia
The autumn Henry and his big dog Mudge watch the leaves turn, meet with some Halloween spooks and share Thanksgiving dinner.
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A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD
Lasky, Kathryn
Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.
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LITTLE BEAR'S THANKSGIVING
Little Bear's friends wake him up in time for his first Thanksgiving dinner.
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MOLLY'S PILGRIM
Cohen, Barbara
Told to make a doll like a Pilgrim for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly's Jewish mother dresses the doll as she herself dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom--much to Molly's embarrassment. Illustrations by Michael J. Deraney.
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AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING
Alcott, Louisa May
The activities of seven children in nineteenth-century New Hampshire as they prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday while Mother is away caring for Grandmother.
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OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOOD
Child, Lydia Maria Francis
An illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song.
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SILLY TILLY'S THANKSGIVING DINNER
Hoban, Lillian
Forgetful Silly Tilly Mole nearly succeeds in ruining her Thanksgiving dinner, but her animal friends come to the rescue with tasty treats.
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THANKSGIVING TREAT
Stock, Catherine
There seems to be no place for the smallest child in a family's busy preparations for Thanksgiving, until Grandpa steps in and they perform a vital task everyone else has forgotten.
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Recordings and Videos
A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING
Schulz, Charles M.
Peppermint Patty invites herself and some friends to have Thanksgiving dinner with Charlie Brown even though he has been invited to his grandmother's house.
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MOLLY'S PILGRIM
Cohen, Barbara
Molly, a newly arrived Russian immigrant, is ostracized for being different until her mother creates a Thanksgiving doll that resembles a modern-day pilgrim like herself.
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SQUANTO AND THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
Kessel, Joyce
The true story of Squanto, a Native American sold into slavery in Spain, who later returns to teach the Pilgrims how to survive in a harsh new land.
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THANKSGIVING DAY
Gibbons, Gail
Presents information about the first Thanksgiving and the way that holiday is celebrated today.
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Web Sites
Thanksgiving Crafts
Games, clip art, puzzles, crafts, and more, from Kids Domain.
The First Thanksgiving
Explore the voyage on the Mayflower, the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims, and the events that led up to the harvest feast celebrated by both groups. Presented by Scholastic.
Word Search Puzzles for Thanksgiving
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