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Thanksgiving

Books

An old fashioned thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott
This story follows the activities of seven in children nineteenth-century New England as they prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday while Mother is away caring for Grandmother.
1621 a new look at Thanksgiving by Catherine O'Neill Grace
In October of 2000, Plimoth Plantation cooperated with the Wampanoag community to stage an historically accurate reenactment of the 1621 harvest celebration. This exciting book describes the actual events that took place during the three days that the Wampanoag people and the colonists came together.

To find more books, search the library catalog:
Thanksgiving Day -- Fiction
Thanksgiving Day--Juvenile Literature

Websites

Billy Bear's Thanksgiving
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving.htm
Thanksgiving stories, games, activities and crafts to make.
Thanksgiving World
http://www.thanksgivingworld.com/index.html
Thanksgiving stories, history, activities, recipes and traditional games.
Kids Domain Thanksgiving Crafts
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_Thanks.html
Make a pine cone turkey, or make your own corn chips.
Thanksgiving Jokes
http://www.theholidayspot.com/thanksgiving/jokes.htm
Thanksgiving jokes to tell your friends.
Thanksgiving on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/
Thanksgiving craft, food ideas and cultural explorations.
Crews Nest Thanksgiving
http://www.crewsnest.vispa.com/thanksgiving.htm
Thanksgiving traditions in America and Canada plus the United Kingdom's Harvest Festival.
Talk Like a Pilgrim
http://www.plimoth.org/kids/talk.php
Learn how early English settlers spoke when they first began settling the North American continent.