TY  - BOOK
AU  - Colman,Penny
TI  - Thanksgiving: the true story 
SN  - 0805082298
AV  - GT4975 .C55 2008
U1  - 394.2649 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Henry Holt
KW  - Thanksgiving Day
KW  - sears
KW  - Holidays
KW  - Manners and customs
N1  - "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; 6.0; 5-8; Follett Library Resources; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 8.6; 3.0; 126833
N2  - 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
ER  -