Includes questions and answers about the history of Thanksgiving, along with jokes and riddles, a craft activity, and a brief look at other harvest celebrations around the world today.

Includes questions and answers about the history of Thanksgiving, along with jokes and riddles, a craft activity, and a brief look at other harvest celebrations around the world today.

This 8-page holiday "mini" collection features two favorite Thanksgiving songs with fun corresponding seasonal musical activity pages. Correlates with Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Level 1B. Titles: * Over the River and Through the Woods and We Gather Together.

The passing seasons are used as a vehicle to tell the parallel stories of the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims, from the European settlers' landing in 1620 through the first Thanksgiving feast in November of 1621.

Folding a paper craft and giving it as a gift can be a great way to give thanks to the important people in one’s life. Readers of this informative volume learn how to fold all sorts of Thanksgiving origami crafts, from leaves and pumpkins to a turkey and even a model of the Mayflower. The paper models can be used as decorations and place cards, or they can just be made for fun! Colorful photographs guide readers through the step-by-step instructions, making the activities accessible for readers of many levels.

Turkeys, pumpkins, and apples are common sights on many Thanksgiving dinner tables, and they’re also fun things to make with paper! In this guide to Thanksgiving origami, readers are presented with cool crafts to make by folding paper—from a Pilgrim to an ear of Thanksgiving corn. Clear steps, visual examples, materials lists, and useful tips help readers master each project. Along the way, historical information and other fun facts give readers more insight into the story of Thanksgiving. The encouraging tone takes the stress out of crafts, creating an experience readers are sure to be thankful for.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Every 4th of July, we celebrate the United States of America, the “land of the free.” Learn the story of our country’s beginnings and how our courageous Founding Fathers broke away from royal rule with the Declaration of Independence.

HOLIDAYS & HEROES brings to life the people whose holidays we celebrate. Enriched with colorful illustrations, photographs, and other historical images, this series will engage and involve children in the stories behind our holidays and the people they honor. When the calendar changes from one year to the next, people like to celebrate! But there’s more to New Year’s than a ten-second countdown. Learn about how our calendar came to be what it is today, and find out how people all through history and all over the world have celebrated the start of a brand-new year!

An introduction to Presidents' Day offers a history of the holiday, facts about Washington and Lincoln, and information on the White House, First Ladies, children in the White House, and related topics.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: The passing seasons are used as a vehicle to tell the parallel stories of the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims, from the European settlers' landing in 1620 through the first Thanksgiving feast in November of 1621.