Stiegemeyer – Thanksgiving: a harvest celebration

CELC

JEFIC S

Stiegemeyer

Personal Author:

Stiegemeyer, Julie.

Title:

Thanksgiving : a harvest celebration / Julie Stiegemeyer ; illustrated by Renné Benoit.

Publication info:

St. Louis, MO : Concordia Pub. House, c2003.

Physical description:

Unpaged: col. ill.

Summary:

This book tells the story of the Pilgrims’ first year in America through the eyes of a fictional girl, Ellen Chilton. We learn about the voyage across the ocean, the establishment of a colony and the bitter hardships that these people faced throughout their first winter. Then we meet the Native Americans through Ellen, get a glimpse of how they taught the colonists valuable survival skills and befriended them. Finally, we witness the celebration at Harvest time, in which the people all came together to feast in gratitude to God for His provision and protection.

Subject term:

Thanksgiving Day–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Indians of North America–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Christian life–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

10758605307

Tags:

children’s, children’s literature, faith, family, friends and family, historical fiction, history, holidays, Mayflower, multicultural, Pilgrims, religious, Thanksgiving

Gibbons – Pumpkin book

CELC

JEFIC G

Gibbons

Personal Author:     

Gibbons, Gail.       

Title:    

The pumpkin book/ by Gail Gibbons.           

Publication info:

New York: Holiday House, c1999.           

Physical description:

unpaged : col. ill.          

Summary:

Describes how pumpkins come in different shapes and sizes, how they grow, and their traditional uses and cultural significance. Includes instructions for carving a pumpkin and drying the seeds.                   

Subject term:    

Pumpkin–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Holidays—Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0823414655

Tags:

autumn, children’s, fall, food,  Halloween, harvest, holidays,  life cycle,  plants, pumpkins, science, Thanksgiving

Pilkey – ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving

CELC

JEFIC P

Pilkey

Personal Author:

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

Title:

‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving / story and pictures by Dav Pilkey.

Publication info:

New York : Scholastic, 2004, c1990.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Series Statement:

(Scholastic bookshelf)

Summary:

This poem based on The Night Before Christmas tells the wacky tale of the day before Thanksgiving.  Eight boys and girls take a field trip to a turkey farm playing with eight exuberant turkeys, but are shocked to learn the farmer plans to kill all the turkeys for Thanksgiving dinners. The children smuggle all the turkeys home and all their Thanksgiving dinners become vegetarian this year. The turkeys’ lives are saved!

Subject term:

Turkeys–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Thanksgiving Day–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Stories in rhyme–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0439669375 (pbk.)

Sewall – Pilgrims of Plimoth

CELC

JE974.482S

Sewall

Personal Author:

Sewall, Marcia.

Title:

The pilgrims of Plimoth / written and illustrated by Marcia Sewall.

Publication info:

New York : Atheneum, 1986.

Physical description:

48 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.

Summary:

When the pilgrims set out for America, they brought with them a dream for the future. Sickness, hardship, and heartache stood in the way of that dream. But the pilgrims worked hard, keeping their dream close to their hearts, until they were finally able to make it come true.

Subject term:

Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)–Juvenile literature.

Geographic term:

Massachusetts–Social life and customs–To 1775–Juvenile literature.

ISBN:

0689312504

Myra – Title Thanksgiving : what makes it special?

CELC

JEFIC M

Myra

Personal Author:

Myra, Harold Lawrence, 1939-

Title:

Thanksgiving : what makes it special? / Harold Myra ; illustrated by Jane Kurisu.

Publication info:

Nashville, TN : Tommy Nelson, c2002.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 17 cm.

Summary:

As they prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, Todd and his family discuss the meaning of the holiday and its relationship to their Christian beliefs.

Subject term:

Thanksgiving Day–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Christian life–Juvenile fiction.

Added Entry-Personal Name:

Kurisu, Jane, 1952-

ISBN:

1400300061

Benjamin – Young Pocahontas: indian princess

CELC
JEBIO P

Pocahontas

Personal Author:

Benjamin, Anne.

Title:

Young Pocahontas : Indian princess / by Anne Benjamin ; illustrated by Christine Powers.

Publication info:

[Mahwah, N.J.] : Troll Associates, c1992.

Physical description:

32 p. : col. ill.

Series Statement:

(A Troll first-start biography)

Summary:

A simple biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

Personal subject:

Pocahontas, d. 1617–Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Powhatan women–Biography–Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Powhatan Indians–Biography–Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Indians of North America–Biography–Juvenile literature.

Subject term:

Women–Biography–Juvenile literature.

Geographic term:

Jamestown (Va.)–History–Juvenile literature.

ISBN:

0816725357

Tags:

American History, Biographies, biography, colonial, early america, history, Indian, Indians, Jamestown, Native American, Native Americans, Pilgrims, Pocahontas, role models, Thanksgiving

Mackall – Thank you for Thanksgiving

CELC

JEFIC M

Mackall

Personal Author:

Mackall, Dandi Daley.

Title:

Thank you for Thanksgiving / Dandi Daley Mackall ; John Walker, illustrator.

Publication info:

St. Louis, MO : Concordia Publishing House, 2008.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Summary:

Many families have the tradition of telling what they are thankful for at Thanksgiving dinner. Follow one boy s Thanksgiving Day, and his struggle with what to say, when he is last in line to share what he is thankful for. Clever rhyming text and fun illustrations will make the reading of this book a Thanksgiving traditions.

Subject term:

Thanksgiving Day–Juvenile fiction.

Added Entry-Personal Name:

Walker, John.

ISBN:

9780758615008

ISBN:

0758615000

 

McCourt – Most thankful thing

CELC

JEFICM

McCourt

Personal Author:

McCourt, Lisa.

Title:

The most thankful thing / by Lisa McCourt ; illustrated by Cyd Moore.

Publication info:

New York : Scholastic Inc., 29 cm.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

General Note:

“Cartwheel books.”

Summary:

When a little girl asks her mom what her “most thankful thing ever” is, Mom turns the question into a fun trip down memory lane. Turning the pages of Mom’s photo album, they discover many wonderful moments in Mom’s life, from summer camp to winning a trophy in a soccer tournament, from singing onstage to her wedding day. But one event in Mom’s whole life is the very best ever — the birth of her precious little girl.

Subject term:

Mothers and daughters–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Gratitude–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Photographs–Juvenile fiction.

Added Entry-Personal Name:

Moore, Cyd.

ISBN:

0439650836 : $15.95

Madame Blueberry

DVD                                                                                                                                                                JEFic V

VeggieTales. Madame Blueberry [videorecording (DVD)] : a lesson in thankfulness
Nawrocki, Michael.

Title:

VeggieTales. Madame Blueberry [videorecording (DVD)] : a lesson in thankfulness / Big Idea ; written and directed by Mike Nawrocki ; produced by Chris Olsen.

Publication info:

New York, NY : Sony Wonder, [2003]

Physical description:

1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Series:

(VeggieTales classics)

Series:

(VeggiTales)

Summary:

The ninth original Veggie Tales video from the award-winning artists at Big Idea Productions, ‘Madame Blueberry’ teaches kids why God wants us to be thankful for what we have.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subject term:

Gratitude–Fiction–Juvenile films.

Subject term:

Conduct of life–Fiction–Juvenile films.

Subject term:

Christian life–Fiction–Juvenile films.

Added author:

Nawrocki, Michael.

Added author:

Vischer, Phil.

Added author:

Olsen, Chris.

Added author:

Big Idea Productions.

Added author:

Sony Wonder (Firm)

Uniform title:

Big Idea’s VeggieTales.