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Crispin: The Cross of Lead
I read this book first in sixth grade, and now I read it again and I loved it more now than I did then. Crispin goes from being a thirteen year old boy growing up in historical England with no name, to being Crispin who can play the recorder, knows who he is, and has made a friend. This was great, and I got many good quotes from it. It has a lesson to be learned, and it is exciting and smart. Love it.

I can see why this book won the Newbery
Crispin: The Cross of Lead is a historical novel set in 1377, during a time of great crisis in England. At the start of the story, the hero doesn't even know his own name. He's been raised in isolation in a small village, and has only ever heard himself referred to as "Asta's son". Even among the villagers, Asta's son has been isolated, never treated like one who belonged there. His own mother often seems to resent him. He thinks of himself as being "nothing".
Let Me Have a Soul, That I Too May Sing and Dance
"I keep asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothing."
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Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Avi    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Family - Orphans & Foster Homes    6. Fiction    7. Historical - Medieval    8. Identity    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Middle Ages    11. Orphans    12. Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance    13. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Molly's Pilgrim is a great book.
I really enjoyed reading Molly's Pilgrim.It was just the right reading level for me.It was not too hard and not too long, but it was interesting.It is about a girl who comes to a new school and is different from everyone else.It is hard for her to adjust.One of the parts that made an impression is when the teacher likes Molly's pilgrim doll best and appreciated it.I would recommend this book to girls who might get discouraged with books that are long, because even though it is not a hard book, it's really interesting.By HG.

Molly's Pilgrim
The book "Molly's Pilgrim" by Barbara Cohen is about a girl named Molly.It is her first Thanksgiving and she founds out that she really doesn't have anything to be thankful for.Her classmates really make fun of her because of her unfamiliarity with American ways.
Molly:a classic for ESL classes everywhere!
Barbara Cohen understands ESL students like no other author ever has!In "Molly's Pilgrim" she describes the pain of a Russian Jewish immigrant in her American school in Winter Hill.Molly is mocked and ridiculed by the most popular girl in Miss Stickley's class, and Molly's "limitations" are made even more evident because Molly and her mother don't understand Thanksgiving from the viewpoint of American culture. The assignment is to design a clothespin doll to look like a pilgrim woman, but Molly's mother designs the doll to look like a Russian immigrant girl.In the process, the class learns that pilgrims did not stop coming to America for religious freedom in the 1600s. Molly's family are pilgrims too!
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Family - General    4. Fiction    5. Holidays & Celebrations - Thanksgiving    6. Jews    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. People & Places - United States - Other    9. Schools    10. Social Issues - General    11. Social Issues - Prejudice & Racism    12. United States    13. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods   

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It made me cry!
This was a very touching book. I read it to my 6 and 5 yo and I think they liked it fine. I was in tears at the end! The girls may not understand the whole message at this age by I will save it for the years to come!

The Wall by; Eve Bunting
I like this book because it tells about some brave people that die in the war. A lot of people visit the wall in Washington D.C to show repsect to the people that are dead. This is why I liek this book.

The Wall
The Wall has touched my heart. I am Vietnamese so I understand what the character in the books are feeling. This book teaches good information about the Vietnam wall that was made for the people that died in the Vietnam war. I think it's sad that the boy has to look for to look through the long list of names to find his grandpa's name. It was nice to see what the boy learns from the wall and the people at the wall too. I recomomand this too most kids so that they can learn about the wall that was made to honor all the people that died in the Vietnam war. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Historical - Military & Wars    5. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Was    6. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.)    7. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Military & Wars   

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. History - General    3. Juvenile Nonfiction   

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Marvelous Bio. About the Creator of American Sign Language
Born in 1787, young Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was unlike other children his age, for he possessed a condition that made it hard for him to have fun and play with the other kids. His eyes were always watering, and his chest was always aching when he overexerted himself, so he was used to being left behind. However, this, in turn, helped Thomas with his studies, and got him accepted into Yale College at the age of fourteen. Thomas loved learning, and made a pact with himself that he would change the world in some way, he just didn't know how. That is, until he met Alice Cogswell, a deaf girl who couldn't communicate with the other children her age. Thomas soon headed to Europe to learn all about sign language, and brought it back to America, where he developed American Sign Language, and taught many children how to communicate with the outside world, and leave their isolation behind. This is his story.
A World of Knowing:A Story About Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
This is a very informative book about an interesting man with an interesting story!!!

it was terrible
I think it is was a stupid book!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. School & Education    7. Teachers    8. Teachers of the deaf    9. United States   

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A Wonderful Book!
A enjoyable book for my 9 year old.A story that captures and keeps the attention thoughout the book.

Read Pedro's Journal
Pedro's Journal, written by Pam Conrad, is about a boy who loved the sea. He went out to sea with Christopher Columbus to find the new land. The captain thought he would be useful because he can read and write. He goes back and forth from ship to ship each day. The weather is terrible. The storms are on and off. Finally they get there. They find that the Indians are very useful. So they bring some Indians aboard. It took them longer to get back to Spain. Finally they get back to Spain. The last place Pedro is seen is when he is walking up toward his mother's house. I would recommend this An Outstanding Traveling Novel
Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad is a heartwarming story about trust. Pam really brought out the characters by using lot's of detail.Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. America    4. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    6. Columbus, Christopher    7. Diaries    8. Discovery and exploration    9. Fiction    10. Historical - Exploration & Discoveries    11. Juvenile fiction    12. Spanish    13. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods   

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So apropos for today
This is a story of war and how it affects the innocents who are caught in it.The story is sad, but not so sad children shouldn't be reading it.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
This book, though very short, is powerful, and once read, it will never be forgotten by the reader.

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
I thought Sadako was a very sad book. First Sadako gets Leukemia and has to go to the hospital for a few weeks, Then Kenji dies and Sadako dies at the very end of the book. Thats why I think Sadako is a very sad book ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1943-1955    2. Atomic bomb    3. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Girls & Women    7. History - Military & Wars    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Leukemia    11. Leukemia in children    12. Physiological effect    13. Sasaki, Sadako,    14. Social Issues - Death & Dying    15. Fairy tales, folk tales, fables, magical tales & traditional stories    16. Juvenile Fiction / Girls & Women    17. Sasaki, Sadako   

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Jesse Smoke was a real boy.
Through the eyes of a young man, we were able to see the tragedy that the Andrew Jackson administration orchestrated in behalf of the Cherokee nation as well as many other Southeastern Indian tribes. We were able to feel the hurt and know the injustice of a peaceful people uprooted and driven, in the dead of winter, to a reservation in what is now Oklahoma. We were able to feel the hopes and dreams of a boy and a people shattered by greed, politics and military might. This is a classic which should be in every school library in the country. Yes, I have that drop ofblood in my veins that makes me a bona fide Cherokee. I am proud that the legend of a proud, industrious, creative people still remains in our hearts.

The Journal of Jesse Smoke
The Journal of Jesse Smoke Jesse Smoke's Journal
If you like historical fiction, then I think you should read The Journal of Jesse Smoke because it was very exciting.It was exciting when the soldiers came to take all the Cherokee and Creeke Indians.I thought that was interesting because then a white man came trying to steal the house when a soilder beat up.Then, they went to a lot of forts.Many died.The Cherokee and Creeke Indians called that journey the Trail of Tears.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cherokee Indians    2. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Fiction    6. Historical - United States - 19th Century    7. History    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Juvenile Historical Fiction    10. People & Places - United States - Native American    11. Trail of Tears, 1838    12. American history: c 1500 to c 1900    13. Historical figures    14. Indigenous peoples    15. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General    16. USA    17. c 1800 to c 1900   

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Loved it!
I absolutly loved this book! I recieved for my birthday a year ago and I still look at it! It is not just a reading book, its a hands on book with fasinating information. Great gift for kids, my younger sister collects the series and loves them.

For Egypt Lovers!!!
Although this was a children's book, it was amazing!I am 21 years old and it captivated me really fast.I'm gonna admit that I am not much of a reader.But, I am very fascinated by Egyptian stuff.So, when I saw this book, I knew that I had to have it! I t was a great buy!Now I want the other books in the serie! It was a great book for children to read.But, if you collect books about egypt, this might be an interesting one for you to pick up!

WOW!
This book is utterly amazing! It has many things you can pull out and open and read. For example, the game Senet is in there! Plus the story of Miss Sands is very interesting. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in egypt! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Antiquities    3. Children's All Ages - History - General History    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Egypt    7. Historical - Ancient Civilizations    8. Historical - General    9. Interactive Adventure    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Middle East - Egypt    12. Specimens    13. Toy and movable books    14. Juvenile Fiction / Interactive Adventures   

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A Break With Charity, Review by Christina Rizk
Susanna English, a fourteen year old girl who lives in the small puritan community of Salem, is torn betweeen two worlds as her family gets accused of witchcraft and is sent to prison.Susanna desperately wants to join the circle of the girls who meet at the parsonage every week, but what she doesn't know is that they're planning to make things interesting and sudddenly act "afflicted" by witches whom they accuse at random; and the magistrate's believe them. Susanna stays in Salem with the Putnams, as her family is in Boston, and soon falls in love with Jonathon Hathorne. Finally Susanna is faced with having to make the hardest desicision of her life: tell the people of the evil girls' plans and risk getting accused of a witch, or keep quiet and watch innocent people lose their livesfor no good reason.

A Break with Charity
A Break with Charity is an amazing and enlightening book. It brings you into the time of the Salem Witch Trials and makes you feel as if you were there. The perspectives given in the book are brilliant as you watch entertainment in a highly restrictive world go from seemingly innocent to powerful and deadly.
A Break with Charity Makes a Breakthrough in Young Adult Historical Fiction
Superstition.Boredom.Neighbor and family feuds.A circle of restless girls, trying to break free.Accusations. Hangings.The fine line between life and death, superstition and reality is tested in A Break with Charity by: Ann Rinaldi.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Fiction    4. Historical - United States - Colonial    5. Historical - United States - General    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Massachusetts    8. Rinaldi, Ann    9. Salem    10. Trials (Witchcraft)    11. Witchcraft    12. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / General    13. Reading Group Guide   

Editorial Review

Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the river to Kit's new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young sailor named Nat doesn't help. Still, her unsinkable spirit soon bobs back up. What this spirited teenager doesn't count on, however, is how her aunt and uncle's stern Puritan community will view her. In the colonies of 1687, a girl who swims, wears silk and satin gowns, and talks back to her elders is not only headstrong, she is in grave danger of being regarded as a witch. When Kit befriends an old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, it is more than the ascetics can take: soon Kit is defending her life. Who can she count on as she confronts these angry and suspicious townspeople? Read more

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A bewitching story
This is one of my favorite books. I first read this book while in middle school and have re-read it so many times that I can recite some of the passages! The story of the girl who leaves her island home and must adjust to the harsh New England environment struck a chord with me, as I was a military kid and always moving from place to place. This story is about a girl who finds herself in a new environment that goes against everything she has ever learned or experienced, and she must learn who she is in order to survive this new land. It's also a romance story, and an intriguing story that shows what can happen when people become so closed-minded about what is "right" and "proper" that they refuse to look past a person's supposed subversive actions in order to really see or understand that person.Highly recommended reading.

Good historical fiction...
I wanted to give this book 3 1/2 stars, but I don't think you can... Oh Well!!!
the witch of blackbird pond-elizabeth george spheare- by andra prior
I read the witch of blackbird pond.I didnt like or dislike this book.It had fantastic chapters an awful chapters. The most awfu scenes in this book are where everyone gets judgemental. The overall message in this book wasshard to figure out but i thought it was: never let someone judge you for who you appear to be.I would recomend this book to people who like adventurous historical fiction books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Classics    5. Historical - United States - Colonial    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    8. Social Issues - Friendship    9. Fiction    10. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods    11. Puritans    12. Witchcraft   

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The Author's name
I need to inform you that the reason nobody can find this book to buy because the name of Author is wrong: The Author should be J. Davidson ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. History - United States/General    3. Juvenile Nonfiction   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - U.S.    3. History: American    4. Textbooks    5. United States    6. United States - General    7. American history    8. History / General    9. USA   

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Wonderful!
I am continually amazed at how children's books offer detail and insight into daily life that no stout history book can provide. Values for today from a tale of 1627
This is a wonderful, wonderful book. It will help you teach your children about hard work, perseverance, and family. My children want it read to them again and again. An excellent book for learning about life as a pilgrim boy!
This book took us back to 1627.We learned all about Samuel Eaton's first day as a man.He told us all about the hard work he had to do in the fields.It was so interesting to read a story that used different wordsfrom long ago.The pictures were awesome!They showed us the clothing thepilgrims wore, what their house looked like, and the hard work everybodydid.We thought it would be difficult to be a pilgrim boy!We thinkeveryone should read this book because you can learn a lot about how thepilgrims lived.Read this wonderful book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. History - United States/General    4. Juvenile literature    5. Massachusetts    6. Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)    7. Social Science - General    8. Social life and customs    9. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / General   

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Bull Run
Bull Run- the first major battle of the Civil War. This book by Paul Fleischman describes that battle in the perspective of sixteen people. These people are very different from each other, all the way from northerners to southerners, from slaves to military leaders. Each point of view brings out a different purpose for the war, and gives a new meaning to controversy. All the people in the book are related to each other so much, but are very deeply divided. This book does describe the battle and events leading to the Battle of Bull Run, but has very little flow. It is not a very good book, and is not recommended as a source of reference.
Characters come alive!
Paul Fleischman has a unique way of intertwining characters and their perspectives of the Civil War.Great for classrooms and building presentations.This is a great way to teach summarizing by reading all of the vignettes for one character and summarizing their involvement with Bull Run.
Mondo monologues sans monotony
You can accuse Paul Fleischman of a lot of things.Laziness is not one of them.When I told the kids in the bookclub I run that we were going to be reading something called "Bull Run" by a Mr. Paul Fleischman, they were quick to inform me that they were already familiar with him."He's the guy who wrote, 'Joyful Noise'!", cried one delightedly.I agreed that this was indeed his best-known work but that, "Bull Run" was probably going to prove to be a little different from a poetry book of insect noises.This turned out to be a particularly foresighted statement when some concerned parents informed me that they were not comfortable with the violence of this book and would rather that their children not read it.I was caught a little unawares.I shouldn't have been.If you are one of those concerned parents, allow me to tell you that yes, there is violence in "Bull Run".Heck, you're not going to have a whole book about a single exceedingly bloody battle without some blood actually making it into the text.However, the battle violence is brief and the story a compelling one.If you've a kid just hankering for the glories of combat, this should snap them out of THAT little fantasy right quick.
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Subjects:  1. Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Historical - Military & Wars    6. Historical - United States - 19th Century    7. Historical - United States - Colonial    8. Juvenile fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods   

Editorial Review

Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel loves the taste of smoked oysters andhis mother's gentle hugs. Unfortunately, it's impossible for Shawn to feedhimself or to hug his mom back. Shawn has cerebral palsy, a condition he has hadsince birth that has robbed him of all muscle control. He can't walk, talk, oreven focus his eyes on his own. But despite all these handicaps, despite thefrustration of not being able to communicate, Shawn is still happy to be alive: "Somehow all the things I think about and remember turn to joy... favoritemovies... pinecones... chocolate pudding... the scent of Comet in a stainlesssteel sink.... Life can be great, even for me. Even for me." That is why hepanics when he begins to suspect that his father is thinking of killing him.Shawn knows that his father is trying to be kind; he imagines that his son'slife is an endless torment. His dad has no idea of the rich life that Shawnlives inside his head. And Shawn, helpless and mute, has no way of tellinghim.Read more

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Stuck In Nuetral
Stuck In Neutral is a must read for anyone in any age group. The story is about a boy named Shawn who is 14-years old. Shawn was born with Cerebral Palsy. His dad, Sydney E. McDaniel, left him when he was just a baby. Sidney E. McDaniel wrote a poem about his son a while after he left.He then won a Pulitzer Prize and got really famous. In the beginning of the book Shawn stated that because his dad didn't like that his son has a disorder, that he was going to "end his pain."
Not so great
I woudn't recommend this book to anyone because it gets a little redundent.The story is about a boy wh was born with a busted blood vessel in his brain that affected his abiliy to move a single muscle,which takes a real toll on his family.They live in a small tow in seattle,with practicly no father because he is to busy on TV shows and adio shows because of his poetry about his son.So his dad can't take it anymore and he decides to end the boys suffering by killing him.The story is told in the boys eyes and we soon realize that the boy is not really suffering but he cant tell his dad that because of his problem with his brain.And we are the only people who get to see this side,the only peple who get to hear him speak.Read the book to ind out the ending.

Stuck in neutral
Stuck in Neutral, by Terry Trueman, is a book about a kid named Shawn McDaniel. Shawn is a 14-year old kid who is fully paralyzed. Although he can't move or talk, Shawn is intelligent. He can remember anything he hears without meaning to remember it.
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Subjects:  1. Cerebral palsy    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Euthanasia    5. Fiction    6. Health & Daily Living - General    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Physically handicapped    9. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    10. Social Issues - Special Needs    11. Juvenile Fiction / Health & Medicine   

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It had tons of action!
I liked By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman because it has a lot action. It's set in 1849. The main characters names are Jack and Praiseworthy. The book starts on a ship that's racing another ship to California. Jack hides a pig so the cook can't make Sunday dinner out of the pig. Jack and Praiseworthy get robbed several times. They go to the mining camps and try to strike it rich. I like the part where Jack and Praiseworthy go propecting. I recommend this book to ages 9 and up. If you like adventure and the Gold Rush, you would like this book.

"I ground in a few acorns for flavor."
BY THE GREAT HORN SPOON! is written for younger readers but is a delightful light read even for adults, who will get through this book in one sitting.
Great book!
By the Great Horn Spoon! is a wonderful and entertaining book for ALL ages.This book can be used in the classroom when covering the Gold Rush period or it can be read for leisure.The story is about a young lad and his dreams and quest for gold.He has a noble cause and he learns valuable lessons from an unexpected source.I would definitely highly recommend this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. California    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Fiction    6. Gold discoveries    7. Historical - United States - 19th Century    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure   

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Cute
Me like this book. When I got my potty, I weared it on my head like the little girl in the book. Mommy said it looked so cute.
Cute way to introduce the potty
At my house, we read this with a silly British accent. It's a cute book that introduces the basic terminology of the potty with a little girl who demonstrates its use. I do think it helped my daughter be inspired to use the potty just like the girl in the book. My sister was embarrassed to read it to her because it shows (with a non-detailed illustration) what goes into the potty and where it comes out. I'm all for telling my child the truth and this does it.

Once Upon a Potty of Laughter
I LOOOOVED THIS BOOK!IT REALLY INSPIRED ME!I AM 10 YEARS OLD AND I FINALLY DIDNT WET THE BED!MOMMY WAS SOOOOO PROUD OF ME!i did poo poo in my friends bedbut they got over it.they never talked to me again, but their mommy did clean their sheets.BUT THANKS TO THIS BOOK I CAN BE A BIG GIRL! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Girls    4. Health & Daily Living - Toilet Training    5. Health and hygiene    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Toilet training    9. Baby books    10. Early learning / early learning concepts    11. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Toilet Training   

Subjects:  1. Children's All Ages - History - General History    2. Children's Books/All Ages    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. History - United States/General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. United States - General    7. History    8. History / United States / General    9. Study and teaching (Middle school)    10. United States   

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A great introduction to a child's Thanksgiving
Like other reviewers, I also think that this is an appropriate book for children around the theme of Thanksgiving.The book looks at the lives of the children:their hardships, their work, their wonder.
A Review of "The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving" by Ann McGovern
My children are 3 and 5 at this time (boy and girl) and I have been having a hard time finding a good age appropriate book about Thanksgiving.
A Thanksgiving Classic Updated With New Illustrations!
The previous edition of this book, published in 1973, has been a favorite introduction to the Pilgrims for primary students in our school for many years. Written at about a third grade reading level, it works as a readable chapter book, as well as a quick read-aloud. The black, white and turquoise drawings in the older version were adequate, but the text always deserved more detailed and interesting illustrations. While I have not see this new edition, it appears that this situation has now been remedied.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Fiction    3. Holidays & Celebrations - Thanksgiving    4. Holidays & Festivals - Thanksgiving    5. Juvenile literature    6. Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)    7. Thanksgiving Day    8. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods