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Thanksgiving
The Story of Thanksgiving
by Robert Merrill Bartlett
What we consider our first American thanksgiving was really a harvest festival, a festival like other harvest festivals that had been celebrated around the world for hundreds of years. So how did it happen and when did we decide to celebrate it on the last Thursday in November? Listen to find out…
Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey
by Joy Cowley
Papá, an over-the-road truck driver, sends Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving dinner. But pretty soon it isn’t just a turkey anymore it is his amiga, his friend, Gracias. What will happen on Thanksgiving?
The Table Where Rich People Sit
by Byrd Baylor
Mountain Girl says they are poor, but her parents say they are rich. How can they be rich when they have a scratched up table, patches on their clothes, worn out shoes and a rattletrap truck? When they sit down to count up the value of everything they have, including sunsets and the stars, Mountain Girl is surprised.
It’s Thanksgiving
by Jack Prelutsky
From turkey to pumpkin pie to the last leftovers, here’s a scrumptious helping of 12 Thanksgiving poems! Poems like If Turkeys Thought, I Ate Too Much and Leftovers.
Click here for a pdf version.
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