Lisa Bullard - My Family Celebrates Thanksgiving

Lerner Publications Minneapolis Lisa Bullard Illustrated by Katie Saunders M y F amily C elebrates T hanksgiving Copyright 2019 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com .

Photos on page used with permission of: Joy Brown/Shutterstock.com (turkey); Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock.com (pie); Jordan Adkins/Shutterstock. com (parade). Main body text set in Billy Infant 22/28. Typeface provided by SparkyType. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Bullard, Lisa, author. | Saunders, Katie, illustrator.

Title: My family celebrates Thanksgiving / Lisa Bullard ; illustrated by Katie Saunders. Description: Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, [2019] | Series: Holiday time (Early bird stories) | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017049354 (print) | LCCN 2018011329 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541525016 (eb pdf) | ISBN 9781541520097 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781541527430 (pb : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Thanksgiving DayHistoryJuvenile literature. Classification: LCC GT4975 (ebook) | LCC GT4975 .B854 2019 (print) | DDC 394.2649dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017049354 Manufactured in the United States of America 1-44345-34591-3/21/2018 Note to Educators Find text recall questions at the end of each chapter.

Critical- thinking and text feature questions are available on page These help young readers learn to think critically about the topic by using the text, text features, and illustrations.

Table of Contents Chapter Turkey Day Gobble, gobble. My name is Grace, and Im so excited. Today is Thanksgiving! Its a holiday for giving thanks. This year, Im making a list of what Im thankful for. Im also thankful for something else. Im also thankful for something else.

I stopped my dog, Zadie, before she ate all our Thanksgiving pies! What kind of list is Grace making?

Chapter Fill Up with Family Grandpa snuck some pie for himself. But sometimes its ok to eat dessert first! Im happy we have lots of family visiting. I watch the Thanksgiving parade with my little brother. Im thankful for him even though he bugs me sometimes. What does Grace watch with her little brother? Chapter Why We Have Thanksgiving On TV, they talk about the first Thanksgiving. In 1621, they had a three-day feast. In 1621, they had a three-day feast.

They were celebrating good crops. Nearby American Indians helped with these crops. They joined the feast too.

But it wasnt really the first Thanksgiving. Yam Festival (West Africa) Cerealia (ancient Rome) Sukkot (Jewish people)