The First Thanksgiving Feast [Paperback]

Joan Anderson (Author), George Ancona (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Recreates in accurate detail one of the most popular events in American history, with photographs taken at Plimoth Plantation, the living museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a piece of living history that deserves to be enjoyed year-round." School Library Journal, Starred

About the Author

George Ancona is an award-winning photographer and author of books for young readers. He also has illustrated books by other authors. Ancona grew up in Coney Island, New York, where he became interested in his father's hobby, photography. He later went to art school and then worked in advertising before turning to children's books.

Ancona has photographed and written about everything from horses to helicopters. A Mexican American, he is particularly interested in writing about his Mexican heritage and life in different cultures.

Ancona lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 

JOAN ANDERSON is the author of the bestsellers A Year by the Sea and An Unfinished Marriage. She has also written numerous children’s novels, including 1787, The First Thanksgiving Feast, and The American Family Farm, as well as a critically acclaimed adult nonfiction book Breaking the TV Habit (Scribner). A Walk on the Beach is her third work of narrative nonfiction. A graduate of Yale University School of Drama, Anderson lives with her husband on Cape Cod.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Sandpiper (September 25, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395518865
• ISBN-13: 978-0395518861
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,059,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan Anderson is a journalist and the bestselling author of A Year by the
Sea, An Unfinished Marriage, A Walk on the Beach, and A Weekend to Change
Your Life. She lives with her husband on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and
conducts weekend workshops for women around the country.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historical, August 17, 2007

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Joseph Adams "brother" (Superior, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The First Thanksgiving Feast (Paperback)

This book successfully recaptures images of the original pilgrims of Plymouth colony celebrating the first Thanksgiving from the first crops the first year they landed in 1620. They celebrated with the Wampanoags Indians. The book mostly consists of these pictures with about a paragraph a page. In the 1800s, the president Abe Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be held on the fourth Thursday in November.