What was the first Thanksgiving?

Holub, Joan

What was the first Thanksgiving? by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Lauren Mortimer ; cover illustrated by James Bennett - New York Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2013 - 105 p., 16 pages of plates ill., maps - What was .

Lexile : 690L

What was the first Thanksgiving? -- Puritans -- Sailing to America -- Land! -- A new home -- Making friends -- The first Thanksgiving -- Fun and games -- Trouble -- A Thanksgiving holiday -- Thanksgiving today.

Describes how the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors after their first harvest in 1621, establishing a tradition that would become a national holiday.

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Thanksgiving Day--Juvenile literature
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)--Juvenile literature


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