Thanksgiving Day Thanks

Description

Thanksgiving is almost here, and Sam's class is excited for their Thanksgiving feast! Mary Ann is going to dress up like Squanto, and Winston's building a Popsicle-stick Mayflower. Everyone already knows the one special thing they are thankful for-everyone but Sam, that is. When something goes wrong with Sam's surprise project, will the class be able to save it Will Sam discover what he's thankful for Laura Malone Elliott and Lynn Munsinger have created a charming story about the traditions that make Thanksgiving special. Full of creativity, humor, and heart, Thanksgiving Day Thanks celebrates friendship, family, and the many other blessings in our lives for which we give thanks.

Laura Malone Elliott is the author of Under a War-Torn Sky, a NCSS/CBC Notable Book in Social Studies, a Jefferson Cup Honor Book, and winner of the Borders' Original Voices Award, and its sequel, A Troubled Peace, also a NCSS/CBC Notable; Annie, Between the States, an IRA Teacher's Choice and NYPL Book for the Teen Age; Give Me Liberty; and Flying South, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book. She lives in Virginia with her family.

"Bolstered by warm watercolor cartoon illustrations, this book is a perfect delivery system for a wealth of knowledge about Thanksgiving, with the story suggesting that family and friends are the main things to be thankful for." -- ALA Booklist "Elliott does a commendable job of including a great deal of information about Thanksgiving history into the story and in endnotes, including a bit of Wampanoag vocabulary and some guesses as to the menu of that first 1621 feast." -- Publishers Weekly Praise for A String of Hearts: "The delightful title sets the tone for this sweet story of friendship. A lovely Valentine story about the real meaning of friendship." -- School Library Journal Praise for A String of Hearts: "Munsinger and Elliott sensitively convey classroom popularity dynamics and Valentine's Day butterflies; the moment when Sam realizes that it's Mary Ann he really likes should touch even Valentine's Day grouches." -- Publishers Weekly