Wasatch County Library

A family celebrates Thanksgiving by preparing a holiday feast.

Publisher Annotation: All across the world, among hundreds of cultures and across centuries, people have come together to give thanks. But Americans 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. This beautifully illustrated picture book shares the true story of how Thanksgiving...

You can't help but get excited for Thanksgiving...it's a food fest! This book introduces some of this holiday's historical details and its dishes. Readers learn about the first Thanksgiving that lasted three whole days.

In Thanksgiving, early readers will learn about the American holiday of Thanksgiving and the ways people celebrate it. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they explore this unique holiday. A labeled diagram helps readers understand the symbols of Thanksgiving, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about Thanksgiving online using our safe search engine that provides...

All New Crafts for Thanksgiving is newest title in the updated and completely new series All New Holiday Crafts for Kids. It features crafts such as gourd turkeys, pilgrim place cards, and a stick trivet.

Do you know the true story of the Thanksgiving feast at Plymouth? What if you, lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? What if you lived when, the English colonists and the Wampanoag people shared a feast at Plymouth? What would you have worn? What would you have eaten? What was the true story of the feast that we now know as the first Thanksgiving and how did it become...