Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation Contributor(s): Stanley, Diane (Author), Berry, Holly (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0060270691 ISBN-13: 9780060270698 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: The Traveling Twins go back in time to Plymouth Plantation in 1621, where they join the Pilgrims and Native Americans, led by Squanto, for an enormous four-day feast. Full color. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Thanksgiving - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2002020548 |
Lexile Measure: 630 |
Series: Time-Traveling Twins |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 10.34" W x 8.2" (0.81 lbs) 48 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Holiday - Thanksgiving |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 81726 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Wouldn't it be great to be part of that famous Thanksgiving feast at Plymouth Plantation back in 1621? Then join the Time-Traveling Twins as they sit down to an enormous FOUR-DAY feast, complete with puddings, pompions, pottages, and, of course, turkeys. Meet Squanto and the other Native Americans. Help with the harvest. Find out what it was like to be a Pilgrim. Once again, historian Diane Stanley's fun and impeccably researched text is brought to life by Holly Berry's accessible illustrations. Word balloons, engaging characters, and all sorts of wonderful details about the beginning of this American tradition await the lucky adventurer who journeys back with the Time-Traveling Twins. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stanley, Diane: - Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl, which received three starred reviews, was named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and Book Links Lasting Connections, and was an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Cup and the Crown; Saving Sky, winner of the Arab American Museum's Arab American Book Award and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year; Bella at Midnight, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy; The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine; and A Time Apart. Well known as the author and illustrator of award-winning picture-book biographies, she is the recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work. Ms. Stanley has also written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales: The Giant and the Beanstalk, Goldie and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. dianestanleybooks.com. Berry, Holly: -Holly Berry is an award-winning artist and illustrator of picture books for children. Her books include I'm a Pig by Sarah Weeks, The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires, and Market Day by Eve Bunting, among others. She lives on a blueberry farm in Maine with her family and a few pets--including a cat named Flossie. |