After starring as an ear of corn in his school's Thanksgiving play, the classroom guinea pig enjoys his holiday at Maxwell's home, where he scares Grammy and battles a monster.

What’s special about today? It’s Thanksgivings! This title uses a repetitive sentence pattern and strong visual cues to help young students read independently. This 16-page book features repetitive and predictable text and incorporates familiar, high-frequency sight words. Children just learning how to read will love these colorful and engaging nonfiction books.

This padded board book edition of Thankful, by bestselling and award-winning children’s author Eileen Spinelli, combines charming rhymes and whimsical illustrations to convey the importance of being thankful for everyday blessings.

While on a Thanksgiving Day errand for her mother, a girl says thank you to all the things around her.

Germs describe in rhyme how they attack the body to cause illness and how careful people make life difficult for germs.

This book introduces the holiday of Thanksgiving, its origins, and explains how the turkey came to be a symbol of the day.

From the lives of our early settlers, who established the foundations for American freedoms and ideals, to today's celebrations, P is for Pilgrim colorfully examines the history and lore of Thanksgiving through snappy poems and expository sidebar text for each letter of the alphabet. Educators will find the inclusion of the Core Values of Democracy of valuable use for the classroom while kids of all ages will enjoy the bright, engaging illustrations and fascinating facts. Lecturer and book reviewer Carol Crane was widely recognized by many schools and educators for her expertise in children's literature. She wrote several state books for Sleeping Bear Press including Texas (L is for Lone Star) and South Carolina (P is for Palmetto). Helle Urban, a Parker, Colorado resident, has been an illustrator for over 20 years. She earned her bachelor of fine arts in illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Helle has illustrated numerous children's books, painted portraits of families, and was a background artist in the animation industry.

"A story that will inspire any child to start thinking of all the things they are thankful for"--Amazon.com

"Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in the United States and Canada where people celebrate the harvest and blessings they have been given" --from publisher.

Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more than just marine warriors and this atlas shows their development as traders and craftsmen, explorers, settlers and mercenaries. With over sixty full colour maps, it follows the tracks of the Viking merchants who travelled deep into Russia, of Viking mercenaries who served in the emperor's bodyguard at Constantinople, and Viking mariners who sailed beyond the edge of the known world to North America.