This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story - Hardcover

Melmed, Laura Krauss

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068814554X ISBN 13: 9780688145545

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2001

Synopsis

A charming counting book combines lively verse and vivid illustrations to tell the story of the first Thanksgiving Day and follows the pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians as they harvest corn, gather nuts, catch fish, and get ready for the big Thanksgiving feast!

About this title

Review:

"A refreshing look at an American tradition that reinforces the spirit of the holiday."

"Lots of smiles and counting practice result in a super read-aloud."

"Lots of smiles and counting practice result in a super read-aloud."--School Library Journal

"Gaggles of round-faced children, some in Pilgrim outfits and others in deerskins, fill this rhymed counting tale."--ALA Booklist

"A refreshing look at an American tradition that reinforces the spirit of the holiday."--Kirkus Review

A refreshing look at an American tradition that reinforces the spirit of the holiday. --Kirkus Review"

Gaggles of round-faced children, some in Pilgrim outfits and others in deerskins, fill this rhymed counting tale. --ALA Booklist"

Lots of smiles and counting practice result in a super read-aloud. --School Library Journal"

About the Author:

Laura Krauss Melmed is author of Capital! Washington D.C. from A to Z and New York, New York! The Big Apple from A to Z, also illustrated by Fran' Lessac; I Love You As Much . . . , illustrated by Henri Sorensen; and the critically acclaimed The Rainbabies, illustrated by Jim LaMarche. She lives with her husband in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 068814554X
• ISBN 13: 9780688145545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Buehner Mark