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Thanksgiving : the true story / Penny Colman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Henry Holt, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 149 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0805082298
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.2649 22
LOC classification:
  • GT4975 .C55 2008
Contents:
The "first" Thanksgiving : competing claims -- Origins of our Thanksgiving : two very old traditions -- Sarah Josepha Hale's campaign : "day of national Thanksgiving" -- The "pilgrim and Indian" story -- Gatherings : family and friends -- Activities : good deeds, football, and parades -- Food : turkey and lasagna -- Many meanings.
Summary: Examines twentieth-century Thanksgiving Day holiday traditions, and compares them to the 1621 celebrations hosted between English colonists and the Wampanoag; and discusses the validity of the "Pilgrim and Indian" story.
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"Christy Ottaviano books."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-138) and index.

The "first" Thanksgiving : competing claims -- Origins of our Thanksgiving : two very old traditions -- Sarah Josepha Hale's campaign : "day of national Thanksgiving" -- The "pilgrim and Indian" story -- Gatherings : family and friends -- Activities : good deeds, football, and parades -- Food : turkey and lasagna -- Many meanings.

Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010

School Library Journal, November 2008

Booklist, September 2008

Horn Book, November 2008

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008

Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2009

Kirkus Review, July 2008

Examines twentieth-century Thanksgiving Day holiday traditions, and compares them to the 1621 celebrations hosted between English colonists and the Wampanoag; and discusses the validity of the "Pilgrim and Indian" story.

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5-8 Follett Library Resources.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.6 3.0 126833.