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Thanksgiving Unit Bibliography JoJo Fritsche ECS418/Dahlstrom

Table of Contents = Fiction = Happy Thanksgiving (Margaret McNamata) How Many Days to America (Eve Bunting) It’s Thanksgiving (Jack Prelutsky) The Night Before Thanksgiving (Natasha Wing) One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims (B.G. Hennessey) The Squirrels’ Thanksgiving (Steven Kroll) Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’ (Eileen Spinelli) Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks (Margaret Sutherland, Sonja Lamut) The Thanksgiving Story (Alice Dalgliesh) A Turkey for Thanksgiving (Eve Bunting) = Nonfiction = The First Thanksgiving (Linda Hayward) Sarah Morton’s Day (Kate Waters) Thanksgiving (Lynda Sorenson) Thanksgiving Day (Gail Gibbons) Thanksgiving Is…(Gail Gibbons)

= = = Teacher Resources = Massachusetts (J.F. Warner) The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving (Ann Mcgovern) The Story of the First Thanksgiving (Elaine Raphael, Don Bolognese) The Story of the Pilgrims (Katharine Ross) The Tipi (David and Charlotte Yue)

= Fiction =

v McNamata Margaret. 2005. **Happy Thanksgiving**. Scholastic Inc. 32 pages. Private Collection.
 * Summary: ** “Happy Thanksgiving” tells the tale of students celebrating Thanksgiving at school. The teacher in the story has the children create their own Thanksgiving-themed costumes. Some students are Pilgrims, some are Native Americans, and one is even a turkey. In the middle of the costume activity, the fire alarm goes off. The students then have to go outside in their costumes. After the fire drill is over, the students return to their classroom and laugh about how they had to wear their costumes out to the fire drill.

 **Integration:** I would integrate “Happy Thanksgiving” into my classroom by including it in the literature block. I would have students predict what will happen when the fire alarm goes off as I read the story, then go back and see if their predictions came true at the end of the story. I would also use this story as a basis for students creating their own Thanksgiving costumes, which would be used in social studies lessons later on in the unit.

v Bunting Eve. 1988. **How Many Days to America**. Clarion Books. 30 pages. Private Collection.
 * Summary: ** “How Many Days to America” is the story of a modern Thanksgiving. The story begins in the characters’ home country, where it seems that people are coming to take them. The family decides it is no longer safe where they are, and they decide to come to America. The book gives a very detailed account of the pilgrimage to America, and about life on an extended boat trip. This account includes details of sickness, death, and lack of food on the boat. The story ends with the family arriving in America and sitting down to a big meal. When one of the children asks why they are having such a feast, the mother explains that it is Thanksgiving, a holiday to celebrate thankfulness and the Pilgrims coming to America the way they just did.

 **Integration:** I would use integrate “How Many Days to America” into my classroom as a reading and writing activity. The pictures are very detailed and tell a lot of the story, so I would use this story to do a picture walk where students predict what will happen in the story, students could then revisit their predictions when I read the story to determine if they were correct. This story would also be a good basis for a writing lesson, as students could choose different aspects of life on a boat and write and illustrate them to gain understanding about such travels.

v Prelutsky Jack. 1982**. It’s Thanksgiving**. Scholastic Inc. 47 pages. Private Collection.

 **Summary:** “It’s Thanksgiving” is a short book that is comprised of many different rhymes poems related to Thanksgiving. This literature covers many different aspects of Thanksgiving, including: traditional foods, the first Thanksgiving, football, parades, the breaking of the wishbone, and leftovers.

 **Integration:** I would integrate “It’s Thanksgiving” into my classroom by incorporating it into literature lessons. This book would be a wonderful way to introduce students to simple rhyming poetry. I also think that this book would make for a wonderful opener to the theme (Thanksgiving) lesson of the day. Prior to starting the lesson, I could use one of these poems every couple of days as a transition, and to get students thinking about Thanksgiving. These poems would especially make for good conversation openers as they cover many different Thanksgiving traditions, which students could discuss and relate to their own lives.

v Wing Natasha. 2001. **The Night Before Thanksgiving**. Scholastic Inc. 29 pages. Private Collection.
 * Summary: **“The Night Before Thanksgiving” is a story about a family and their preparation for Thanksgiving. The book tells of family visiting from out of town, and all the different foods and cooking for Thanksgiving. This story includes many common Thanksgiving traditions that are observed in a family.
 * Integration: ** I would integrate this story in my classroom in literature and in writing. I would read the story with the children and utilize pair and share to have students relate the traditions in the story to their own traditions at home. I would then have students write about one tradition they saw in the book that they observe, or that they like.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hennessy B.G. 2000. **One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims**. Scholastic Inc. 28 pages. Private Collection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims” is a counting book. This story uses different things related to Thanksgiving to teach children how to count up to ten. The book continues to use the pattern “one little, two little, three little, etc.”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate “One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims” into my classroom in both literature and math. I would incorporate the story into literature as it provides good vocabulary related to Thanksgiving, which would be the main focus of the literature lesson. I would integrate the story into math in my classroom, as it gives children a counting visual, and gives students more practice with counting one through ten in a festive way.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kroll Steven. 1991. **The Squirrels’ Thanksgiving**. Scholastic Inc. 28 pages. Private Collection. v **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I would integrate this story into my classroom in both literature and writing. For literature, I would focus on pretend or real books. Since this book tells a very relatable story, I believe it would be a good idea to have students determine whether or not the story is fiction or non-fiction and how they know that. I would also integrate this story into writing by having students write about a family member that they are thankful for, and why they are thankful for that person, even if they annoy them sometimes (such as in the book).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“A Squirrel’s Thanksgiving” is a book that tells a relatable story of a family of squirrels at Thanksgiving. The story highlights siblings and their bickering around and on the holiday. However, when the small squirrels’ cousins come over for Thanksgiving, the cousins misbehave so much that their parents decide to take them home until they can learn some manners. The two small squirrels then come to the realization that they have it good with their siblings, and though they may be annoying, we are always thankful for them.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spinelli Eileen. 1982. **Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’**. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc. 30 pages. Private Collection. v **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’” is a story of a family that is preparing for Thanksgiving. However, all types of problems arise. The mother first loses the turkey, the daughter gets mashed potatoes all over the walls, and when the father goes to buy the pies, the store is all sold out. However, none of the family members want to tell their family about their problems. When it is finally time for dinner, the family realizes they have no Thanksgiving food. At first, all of the family members are upset with one another, however, the family realizes that Thanksgiving is more important than food, and they sit down for a different meal together.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> **Integration:** I would integrate “Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’” into writing and reading curriculum. I would read the story to the children and ask them to identify the problem and corresponding solution as I read the story aloud. For writing I would have students choose a problem from the story by writing and illustrating the problem they chose.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sutherland, Margaret. Lamut Sonja. 2000. **Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks.** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grosset & Dunlap <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">. 24 pages. Private Collection.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book details how Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful, and details what many children are thankful. Some of the things to be thankful for include: family, friends, homes, teachers, favorite foods, pets, sunny days, and lollipops. It reminds children that there is much to be thankful for, and that is the real meaning behind Thanksgiving.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">I would integrate this story in my classroom in social studies and art. In social studies, I would have children discuss with one another what they are thankful for, so they could compare their lives to those of their peers. I would then have children make an artistic representation of what they are thankful for.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dalgliesh Alice. 1954. **The Thanksgiving Story**. Scholastic Inc. 27 pages. Private Collection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Thanksgiving Story” is a book that gives an account of a family aboard the Mayflower. On the journey to America, the mother of the family gives birth to a baby boy. The story then describes the life of the pilgrims during the first year in America, with one of the youngest colonists as a part of the family. The story ends with the story of the first Thanksgiving feast.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate this story into my classroom in social studies and literature. I would use this story in social studies to recount to children what the journey to America was truly like. I would also use this story in literature as a read aloud to create a discussion about the Pilgrims’ journey to America, and about how having a tiny baby might complicate that.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bunting Eve. 1993. **A Turkey for Thanksgiving**. Scholastic Inc. 31 pages. Private Collection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“A Turkey for Thanksgiving” tells the tale of animals celebrating Thanksgiving. It starts with a husband and wife moose preparing for Thanksgiving dinner, and the wife asks the husband to find her a turkey for Thanksgiving. The husband sets out to find a turkey for his wife, and along the way he runs into his friends who will be joining the moose for Thanksgiving. Each of the friends joins the moose in his quest to find a turkey. When the whole group finds the turkey, the turkey protests to coming along, but the group manages to bring him back to the moose’s house. At the house, a place has been set for the turkey at the table, and everyone laughs about the turkey thinking the group wanted to eat him for Thanksgiving.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate “A Turkey for Thanksgiving” into my classroom in literature and geography. I would read the story to the children and, then have the children map out the moose’s journey from his house, to his friends’ houses, to the turkey. I would then have the children retell the story of the moose’s journey using the map that they created.

= Nonfiction =

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hayward Linda. 1990. **The First Thanksgiving**. Random House, Inc. 48 pages. Private Collection
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> “The First Thanksgiving” provides a very detail-rich story of the first Thanksgiving. This book starts by describing the lives Pilgrims lived in Europe, and their journey to America. The story then goes on to describe the Pilgrims’ first year in America, and all of the adversity they faced in that span of time. Specifically, the story tells of the Pilgrim and Native American relations, and the famine and disease among the Pilgrims. The story concludes by describing the first Thanksgiving, and how the Pilgrims and the Native Americans came together to celebrate what they were thankful for.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> In my classroom, I would mostly use this story as a teacher resource. There is a lot of text in this story, and a lot of complex vocabulary which is far above the vocabulary of an SEI Kindergarten student. However, I may also use this book for a picture walk with my students. It provides such a comprehensive story of the Pilgrims and their journey to America, their first year in America and the first Thanksgiving. I believe this story would be especially good at illustrating the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving for students. This book would be used in the social studies subject area, as well

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Waters Kate. 1989. **Sarah Morton’s Day**. Scholastic Inc. 31 pages. Private Collection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This book is a nonfiction story that recounts a day in the life of a pilgrim girl. The book provides real photographs of pilgrim life, and includes a very detailed description of what a day for a pilgrim girl comprised of.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate this story in my classroom in both social studies and writing. I plan on creating social studies activities that will have children acting out a typical day for a pilgrim girl, so that they have a strong grasp on what life was like during that time period. I would then create a writing activity around this, where children would write one thing that they learned about pilgrim life in the course of the activity.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sorensen Lynda. 1994. **Thanksgiving**. The Rourke Press, Inc. 24 pages. Private Collection. v **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate this book into my classroom in social studies and art. I would use the story for a social studies activity in which students would compare and contrast the first Thanksgiving to their own traditions today. I would then have students artistically represent their favorite Thanksgiving tradition.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Thanksgiving” is a children’s nonfiction story. This book includes many facts about Thanksgiving and trivia about the first Thanksgiving. Specifically, this book relays why Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, and the traditions that surround the holiday.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gibbons Gail. 1992. **Thanksgiving Day**. Scholastic Inc. 30 pages. Private Collection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Thanksgiving Day” is a nonfiction children’s story that details many of the aspects of Thanksgiving. Specifically, the book goes into the history of Thanksgiving, such as the pilgrims, their trip to America and their first year in America. The book them compares modern Thanksgiving to the first Thanksgiving.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate this story into my classroom in literature and social studies. I would read this story aloud, and have children retell the story with Pilgrim and Native American puppets we create. I would use this story in social studies as well to teach children about the Pilgrims’ first year in America, specifically about the hardships that the Pilgrims faced, and what caused them.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gibbons Gail. 2004. **Thanksgiving Is…**. Holiday House/New York. 29 pages. Private Collection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Thanksgiving Is…” is nonfiction, child-language-friendly book about Thanksgiving. Each page of the book has the heading Thanksgiving Is…, then provides a piece of trivia about Thanksgiving at the bottom of the page, with a corresponding illustration. This book provides many facts related to Thanksgiving, including: ancient harvests and celebrations, the Pilgrims’ voyage, the first Thanksgiving, what a holiday is, decorations, family, feasts, parades, and giving.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate this story into my classroom with social studies and writing. For social studies, I would have my students bring in an object that represents Thanksgiving to them to present to the class, and to build a conversation about different cultures and traditions. I would then create a writing activity around these discussions by providing children with the sentence frame “Thanksgiving is…”.

= Teacher Resources =

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Warner, J.F. 1994. **Massachusettes**. Lerner Publications Company. 72 pages. Balsz Library. (NF) (TR)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is a part of a collection of books that detail each stateand provide trivia and facts about a particular state. This book includes all different facts about Massachusetts and its history. The book is nonfiction and contains a lot of text and trivia about the state of Massachusetts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This book would mostly be used as a teacher resource in the classroom. However, I would be using the section of the book that focuses on the founding of Massachusetts to teach history. I would use this book to teach students how the pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts and that it then became a state. This book could also be integrated into writing curriculum, as students could write about new facts they learned about Massachusetts.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mcgovern Ann. 1993. **The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving.** Scholastic Inc. 32 pages. Balsz Library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book tells the story of the first Thanksgiving from the point of view of the Pilgrims. The story begins by detailing the story of the hardships the Pilgrims faced in their first year in America. The story then describes the three-day feast that was the first Thanksgiving, and why we celebrate this holiday today.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would mostly use this story in my classroom as a teacher resource, as it is a detailed, but basic history of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. I would integrate this story in social studies to have children describe why we still celebrate Thanksgiving as a holiday today. I would also use this story for art in the classroom, and have children create a recreation of the first Thanksgiving.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Raphael Elaine, Bolognese Don. 1991. **The Story of the First Thanksgiving**. Scholastic Inc. 20 pages. Balsz Library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book details the story of the Pilgrims and the founding of Plymouth. The story recounts a lot of pilgrim life in their first year at Plymouth, including housing, food, and every-day life. The back of the book contains drawing instructions and art project suggestions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate this story in my classroom in social studies and art. I would have students create the puppets that are suggested as an art project in the book. I would then have students use the puppets to act out daily life in Plymouth.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ross Katharine. 1995. **The Story of the Pilgrims**. Random House Pictureback Book. 22 pages. Private Collection.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Story of the Pilgrims” recounts the story of the Pilgrims’ dangerous journey to America. The book also goes into detail of the Pilgrims’ first year in America and the hardships that they faced. The story ends with the story of the first Thanksgiving.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would integrate this story in my classroom in social studies and literature. I would use this story in social studies to have students recount how Plymouth was founded. I would use this story in literature as a read aloud, where students would make predictions about the story based on the pictures in the book and their prior knowledge of Thanksgiving.

v <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yue David & Charlotte. 1984**. The Tipi**. Alfred A. Knopf New York. 77 pages. Balsz Library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Tipi” is a nonfiction book that focuses on Native Americans and their tipis. The book details Native Americans and their way of living in this time period.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Integration: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> I would use this book in my classroom as a teacher resource. I would use this resource to conduct a social studies lesson about Native Americans and their lives when the Pilgrims arrived. I would also use this resource to create an art activity in which children create their own tipis.