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Simply describes how the first Thanksgiving came to be celebrated by the Pilgrims, with a brief mention of some of the traditions that are connected to the holiday today.
| Size | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 2.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
PreS-Gr 2 By using the phrase structure Thanksgiving Is..., Borden describes the first Thanksgiving while linking today's traditions to the past. The story is flat and confusing. Readers may wonder why some of the voyagers are Pilgrims and some are not, how the Pilgrims worshipped, and where they traveled. The watercolor-and-pen illustrations are unappealing; almost every character has a strange, very large nose. The sections of the text that rhyme are forced and trite. Better selections for beginning readers include Linda Hayward's The First Thanksgiving (Random, 1990) and Jack Prelutsky's It's Thanksgiving (Greenwillow, 1982). To enhance an understanding of the holiday, read aloud Jean Craighead George's The First Thanksgiving (Philomel, 1993) and Eve Bunting's How Many Days to America? (Clarion, 1988). A mundane offering. Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID
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