Examines the history and lore of Thanksgiving from A for "across the Atlantic Ocean" to Z for the "zeppelin-like" balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Relates the history and customs of Thanksgiving, from the harvest festivals of the ancient world and the first Thanksgiving in colonial America to today's celebrations. Includes recipe and music

Describes the struggles of the Pilgrims during their first year at Plymouth Colony and events that led up to the celebration of the first Thanksgiving Day

Recreates the first harvest feast celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 using the Pilgrim and Indian actors and the seventeenth-century setting of Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Describes how the Massachusetts Indian Squanto was captured by the British, sold into slavery in Spain, and ultimately returned to the New World to become a guide and friend for the Pilgrims

A heartwarming first Thanksgiving story depicts the celebration of friendship between the Pilgrims and their neighbors, the Indians, in the familiar "This is the..." form

Daily journal entries of Christopher Sears, a 13 year-old orphan, describe his first encounters of the New World

Presents instructions for crafts and activities which highlight the history of the Pilgrims and the Indians in Plymouth Colony

Examines the myth surrounding the first Thanksgiving dinner from the viewpoint of the Wampanoag people

"A kindergarten-level introduction to Thanksgiving Day, covering the holiday's history, popular traditions, and such defining symbols as the horn of plenty and turkeys"--