Balloons over Broadway : the true story of the puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Sweet, Melissa 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)

BTSB #: 868108 Available

Dewey: 791.5/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 5.4 LG RC: 5.5 K-2 Lexile: 1000 AD

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Subjects: Sarg, Tony,|d1882-1942 Puppeteers Thanksgiving Day Parades

Summary: A picture book biography about the puppeteer who invented the first inflatable character balloons for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Giving thanks : how Thanksgiving became a national holiday by Kiernan, Denise 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel, 2022)

BTSB #: 517466 In Bindery

Dewey: 974.4/NAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 710 AD F&P: N

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Subjects: Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell,|d1788-1879 Thanksgiving Day

Summary: An illustrated true story of how Thanksgiving became a national holiday in America, and of Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who made the holiday happen,

Harvest days : giving thanks around the world [World Of Celebrations]by DePalma, Kate 

Paperback(Barefoot Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 274320 Available

Dewey: 394.2/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.8 LG Lexile: 950

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Subjects: Harvest festivals Thanksgiving Day

Summary: Explore twelve cultures around the world, learning all about their harvest festivals, days of thanks, ancient traditions and the activities associated with them.

If you lived during the Plimoth Thanksgiving [If you lived--]by Newell, Chris 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2021)

BTSB #: 673879 Available

Dewey: 974.4/NAges: 7-10   


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Subjects: Thanksgiving Day Pilgrims (New England colonists) Wampanoag Indians - History Massachusetts - History|y1620-1691, New Plymouth

Summary: What if you lived when the English colonists and the Wampanoag people shared a feast at Plimoth? 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 a national holiday?

Que fue el primer dia de accion de Gracias? [Que Fue?]by Holub, Joan 

PaperbackSPANISH(Loqueleo/Santillana USA, 2016)

BTSB #: 461360 Available

Dewey: 974.4/NAges: 8-12   


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Subjects: Thanksgiving Day Pilgrims (New England colonists) Spanish language - Reading materials Massachusetts - History|y1620-1691, New Plymouth

Summary: After their first harvest in 1621, the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors. They were making history, celebrating what would become a national holiday. In Spanish.

Stories for Thanksgiving

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2010)

BTSB #: P01200 Available

Dewey: 394.2649/NAges: 8-11   


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Subjects: Thanksgiving Day

Summary: Three stories about the Thanksgiving holiday with its Pilgims and Native American origins.

Thanksgiving [Holiday History]by Spanier, Kristine 

BTSB Prebound(Pogo, 2023)

BTSB #: 837311 Available

Dewey: 394.2649/NAges: 7-9   
Lexile: 470

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Subjects: Thanksgiving Day

Summary: Learn about the history of Thanksgiving, including when, where, and who first celebrated it, its meaning, the traditions associated with it, including giving thanks, celebrating the harvest, and preparing a feast for family and friends, and how it and similar holidays are celebrated in different parts of the world today.