Grace, Catherine O'Neill
Summary: A recreation of the first Thanksgiving reveals the actual events during the three days that the Wampanoag people and the colonists came together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2001
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist GraceNguyen, Dustin
Summary: It is Halloween night and Robin is having trouble telling the difference between the costumed children and the real villains--followed by the Penguin interrupting the Gotham Thanksgiving feast.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NGUWheeler, Lisa
Summary: The dinosaurs enjoy a variety of Thanksgiving Day activities, including preparing favorite recipes, playing touch football, telling stories, and eating together.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WHEBoynton, Sandra
Summary: "Pookie's family spends a terrific Thanksgiving Day together, with love and gratitude. (AND PIE!!!)"--Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Boynton Bookworks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE BOYKenah, Katharine
Summary: "With five Thanksgiving dinners to eat, there's going to be one very stuffed turkey!"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cartwheel Books 2015
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: JE KENLong, Ethan
Summary: The monsters of the Fright Club have gathered for a Thanksgiving feast at Vlad's home, but his family arrives unexpectedly and puts their own spin on every dish.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LONSummary: Britt is a struggling artist who returns home for a Thanksgiving reunion with her wealthy family. She revisits painful memories and reconciles with a past her mother chooses to ignore - until a secret about the family matriarch changes everything.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GT Media 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Time 2006Child, Lydia Maria
Summary: "It's Thanksgiving Day, so hop in the sleigh and hold on tight as you journey through shimmering snow and a quiet but lively forest. Though the wind does blow, festive fun awaits at the end of the ride--along with plenty of pumpkin pie!"--Page [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC CHIElliott, Laura
Summary: Sam has trouble deciding what he is grateful for during a Thanksgiving-themed classroom assignment. Includes facts about Thanksgiving Day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ELLMadden, Colleen M.
Summary: On Thanksgiving Day, a girl who has just turned eight loudly insists that she be permitted to sit at the dining room table, rather than with the babies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MADNelson, Robin
Summary: Simple text, photographs, and illustrations introduce the history and traditions of Thanksgiving.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NEL BASKETWall, Sheri
Summary: Thanksgiving is a time to come together with our loved ones and give thanks for all that we have. Kids will learn how to be thankful for the people and world around them as they delight in an exciting Thanksgiving adventures.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WAL (basket)Wilson, Karma.
Summary: A boy gives thanks to the Lord for all that he has in this illustrated interpretation of Psalm XCII.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WilCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILRylant, Cynthia.
Summary: Annie wants to fill every chair in her house's dining room for Thanksgiving dinner, and asks her friend Henry's help in thinking of people to invite.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2011
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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE RYLGibbons, Gail.
Summary: Presents information about the first Thanksgiving and the way that holiday is celebrated today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1992
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays, Call number: J 394.26 GIBGreendeer, Danielle
Summary: Wampanoag children listen as their grandmother tells them the story about how Weeâchumun (the wise Corn) asked local Native Americans to show the Pilgrims how to grow food to yield a good harvest--Keepunumuk--in 1621.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2022
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE GRECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GREKiernan, Denise
Summary: "All across the world, among hundreds of cultures, over centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But in America, we didn't have an official Thanksgiving holiday until the 1800s. The holiday Americans know today exists because of a woman named Sarah Josepha Hale, a spirited letter-writing campaign, a sympathetic president, and a civil war."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J394.2649 KIEMarkovics, Pearl
Summary: "Young readers will learn about Thanksgiving" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.2 MARSummary: "Learn all about the origins of Thanksgiving and how, as young people, it is a time to celebrate with family and food and to reflect on all of what we have for which to be thankful. What were the Mayflower and the Plymouth settlement? How did the first Thanksgiving come to be? How did Thanksgiving become a national holiday? What are some common Thanksgiving traditions? The answers to all of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HOLAllegra, Mike.
Summary: Presents how Sarah Josepha Hale fought to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALLAnderson, Laurie Halse.
Summary: Twelve-year-old David has conflicting feelings when his father, who taught him to ride the horses he loves so much, returns to spend Thanksgiving Day with the family after being gone for a year.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC AND1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AND
Anderson, Laurie Halse.
Summary: Relates how Sarah Hale, a magazine editor and author, persuaded President Lincoln to transform Thanksgiving Day into a national holiday.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 394.26 AndBrown, Marc Tolon.
Summary: Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1984
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E BROCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BROChild, Lydia Maria Francis
Summary: An illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1996