The Thanksgiving Story

by Alice Dalgliesh

Hardcover, 1950

Status

Available

Genres

Children's Books

Publication

Marcel Dekker (1950), Hardcover

Description

A Pilgrim family's struggle to survive in their harsh new homeland culminates in a thanksgiving feast.

User reviews

LibraryThing member AnnaMarieOkie

This is the story of the first Thanksgiving. It is focuses on the Hopkins family and their adventure in coming over in the Mayflower. Through reading it you see how their friendship with the Indians helps give them much more than just food to help them survive.

I liked the book. It is a neat way

to show children about Thanksgiving. It had nice illustrations. I understand that Caledcott awards are based on the illustrations.

For extending this book, I would have my class watch Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving movie! Classroom discussion over what the children are thankful for would also be insighful as well.

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LibraryThing member margo05

This book is a story about one pilgrim family the Hopkins and their journey on the Mayflower and how they settled on Plymouth Colony and the first Thanksgiving feast with the Indians. It goes on to discuss how they had to endure a rough winter in Plymouth. When spring finally comes the settlers

plant crops and they received help from an Indian tribe. They all became friends and have a big Thanksgiving celebration.

Personal Reaction
A very good picture book. I felt it was easier for younger children to understand.

Extension Ideas
1. Discuss the Pilgrims and Indians/ make hats for either, let children pick the one they would like to make.

2. Discuss the food that was serve/ prepare a small Thanksgiving feast.

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LibraryThing member Truly.Mae.Pettijohn

Summary: A story about the first settlers celebrated Thanksgiving.

Personal Opinion: Alot of text that's for 7+ kids but the subject matter is for maybe 2+. The art work is a mixture of cartoon and expressionism.

Classroom extension: 1) Figure out what kind of food was served for Thanksgiving and

what other cultures used for Thanksgiving now days. 2) What really happen at the real Thanksgiving, such as were the Indians that nice?

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LibraryThing member Tarakalynn

Summary:
This is the story of the Pilgrims journey to America, told through the Hopkins family. They were passengers on the Mayflower and even added a baby to the family while they were sailing to America. They tell about landing at Plymouth and the struggles of the first year in the new land.

Personal Reaction:
I am so grateful to these Pilgrims for all that they overcome. I am proud to live in America. If if wasn't for their sacrifice and struggles I wouldn't be here today.

Classroom Extension:
1. Have a Thanksgiving feast. Full of corn and other foods that the Pilgrims ate that day.
2. Along with our feast, we could create pilgrim hats, bonnets and Indian feather headbands to wear while we eat.

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LibraryThing member Santiago_M.

Summary: The book is about the journey that the Pilgrims from England went on, a long voyage that the Pilgrims were taking to the New World. The New World was America, the place where they sailed to on a ship called the Mayflower. The passengers on the Mayflower were the Hopkins family with a baby

on that journey. They landed on Plymouth, for a year they went through some struggles why’ll they were there. This is the time that they made a celebration of Thanksgiving, the first Thanksgiving feast that the Colony had with the Native Indians there. The book goes on to talk about the hardships that they endured the in Plymouth in the winter, and when they began to plant crops with the help of the Native Indians from that area. The Pilgrim became good friends with the Native Indians, and had many Thanksgiving Celebrations.

Personal Reflection: The book has great illustration of the situations that the Pilgrims had on their journey to the New World, and when they were in Plymouth with the Native Indians. This is the reason we celebrate Thanksgiving today.

Classroom Extension:
1.The teacher can have the students make pictures of the celebration of Thanksgiving and have them make a Turkey drawing using their hand to make the picture of a Turkey.
2.The teacher can have them make Pilgrim hats, Feathers on a head band that the Native Indians used on their heads.

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LibraryThing member wunderlong88

The journey of the Pilgrims to England told simply for younger children or for a shorter version than Stories of the Pilgrims by Pumphrey. The author clearly acknowledges God and the Puritans Christian beliefs in this retelling.

LibraryThing member brennarich

This book is a good read right before Thanksgiving because it gives insight to the harsh weather, food, and sickness challenges Pilgrims faced when they first came to America on the Mayflower. They got help from Native Americans and celebrated with a great November harvest.

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