The First Thanksgiving

The First Thanksgiving
Author: Robert Tracy McKenzie
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2013-05-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830895663

Veteran historian Robert Tracy McKenzie sets aside centuries of legend and political stylization to present the mixed blessing that was the first Thanksgiving. Like good narrative history, McKenzie's critical account of our Pilgrim ancestors confronts us with our own unresolved issues of national and spiritual identity.

My First Thanksgiving

My First Thanksgiving
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2015-08-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698412613

Tomie dePaola’s simple text and bright illustrations perfectly capture the joy of this special holiday. Young readers will love learning more about the traditional celebrations of the day.

What Was the First Thanksgiving?

What Was the First Thanksgiving?
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0698159470

Learn more about the history of the feast that started off as a harvest celebration and has now become a national holiday. After their first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors. Of course, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag didn’t know it at the time, but they were making history.

The First Thanksgiving

The First Thanksgiving
Author:
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1990
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0679802185

Describes how the first Thanksgiving celebration came to be.

The Story of the First Thanksgiving

The Story of the First Thanksgiving
Author: Don Bolognese
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2014-05-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1623347637

Enjoy this illustrated story of the first Thanksgiving….and then learn to draw it yourself!

If You Were at the First Thanksgiving

If You Were at the First Thanksgiving
Author: Anne Kamma
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780439105668

Questions and answers about the first Thanksgiving and what it was like to live in America in the 1620's.

The First Thanksgiving Feast

The First Thanksgiving Feast
Author: Joan Anderson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1989-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780395518861

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.

The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving

The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving
Author: Ann McGovern
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780590461887

Describes how the first Thanksgiving celebration.

Squanto's Journey

Squanto's Journey
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152060442

Squanto recounts how in 1614 he was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to the New World to become a guide and friend for the colonies.

This First Thanksgiving Day

This First Thanksgiving Day
Author: Laura Krauss Melmed
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780060541842

Countdown to Thanksgiving! This rollicking counting story celebrates the very first Thanksgiving Day with vibrant illustrations and lively verse. Follow the Pilgrim and Wampanoag friends as they prepare for a great feast, and along the way look for the bold turkey on every page -- and for the very sharp of eye, there are all sorts of surprises hidden in the art!