Celebrate Thanksgiving: With Turkey, Family, and Counting Blessings Contributor(s): Heiligman, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0792259289 ISBN-13: 9780792259282 Publisher: National Geographic Society OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Thanksgiving is the original American holiday. When the Pilgrims sat down to give thanks for the hard-won bounty of their new world, they continued a Native American tradition that would become a focal point in the calendar of all generations of Americans to come. The author relates this holiday to the harvest festivals celebrated by thankful believers of many faiths all over the globe. The books stunning pictures show the celebration in its historical and cultural aspects, and the back matter contains a delicious Thanksgiving recipe, a glossary, and a useful list of holiday references and resources. Dr. Elizabeth Pleck gives readers, parents, and teachers an historical and cultural background to this unique American tradition in her informative note. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Thanksgiving |
Dewey: 394.264 |
LCCN: 2006008685 |
Lexile Measure: 870 |
Series: Holidays Around the World (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 8.74" W x 10.3" (0.91 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Holiday - Thanksgiving |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 111336 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Thanksgiving is the original American holiday. When the Pilgrims sat down to give thanks for the hard-won bounty of their new world, they continued a Native American tradition that would become a focal point in the calendar of all generations of Americans to come. The author relates this holiday to the harvest festivals celebrated by thankful believers of many faiths all over the globe. The book's stunning pictures show the celebration in its historical and cultural aspects, and the back matter contains a delicious Thanksgiving recipe, a glossary, and a useful list of holiday references and resources. Dr. Elizabeth Pleck gives readers, parents, and teachers an historical and cultural background to this unique American tradition in her informative note. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information. |