What Is Thanksgiving?

by Elaine Landau

Overview

When was the first Thanksgiving? How do we celebrate today? Readers learn all about this holiday's symbols and traditions with this fun and easy-to-read book. Readers enjoy a hands-on activity making a thank-you for a community helper, too.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598452945
Publisher:	Enslow Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	01/16/2012
Series:	I Like Holidays! Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

Table of Contents

Words To Know 3

A Special Time 5

The Start 6

Some Help 9

A Good Harvest 10

Thanksgiving Feast 12

Thanksgiving Goes On 15

More To Do 16

Thanksgiving Means A Lot 19

What You Can Do: An Activity 20

Learn More: Books And Web Sites 22

Index 24

Editorial Reviews

Landau starts her book with symbols of Thanksgiving—a turkey in the oven, a pumpkin pie—provides historical background that young children can absorb, and moves back to how the holiday is celebrated today, leaving her readers with thoughts about the meaning of Thanksgiving as well as some suggestions for what they might do to demonstrate what they are thankful for. This book contains a variety of text features common to informational texts such as a Table of Contents, a Words to Know page for introducing vocabulary, an Index, and even a Learn More page that provides titles of books and relevant websites, all providing opportunities to introduce and/or emphasize the purpose and usefulness of these features. The book is illustrated with full color photographs that convey current messages about the holiday in their own right. These are complemented by diagrams, paintings, and drawings that depict historical connections. With the increased emphasis on reading informational texts in early grades that the Common Core presents, books such as this will be essential additions to classroom libraries., Children's Literature

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