Happy Monday Friends

How is everyone on this cold sunny day here in the midwest?  I am sorry I haven't written for awhile but had to do some health tests and I just wasn't feeling well .  I hope everyone is enjoying this time leading up to the Thanksgiving Season.  I have been writing in my journal about what I am thankful for this month.  Today I am very thankful for heat that warms my house on this cold day.  I am also thankful for my family and a loving God.  The trees sure were beautiful this year and I miss their many colors.  I would like to share a few Thanksgiving books before Thanksgiving.  There are some really good ones to share with your children or grandchildren.  I am going to share one today that tells the story of the first Thanksgiving which is a good place to start.  I think it is important for the children to know about the history of their country. So I hope you will share some good books about the First Thanksgiving at this special holiday season.

The True Story of The First Thanksgiving

by

Colleen Adams

The book starts off with What is Thanksgiving?  The author explains there are many myths about how the first Thanksgiving was celebrated.  We do  kn owfor sure that the pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians held the first Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621.

The Pilgrims left England on a ship called the Mayflower on September 16,1620. They came to America for freedoms they did not have in England.

This book gives the facts about the first Thanksgiving and has some good pictures to go with the writing.  I found many interesting facts reading the book especially that probably the pilgrims and Indians did not eat turkey at the First Thanksgiving but probably they ate deer, duck, and some seafood.

It wasn't until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving the last Thursday of November. 

This would be a good book to share with children in the 2nd to 5th grade.  There are many facts you could discuss with the children about the First Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving today.