Introduces various Thanksgiving recipes and celebrations spanning the centuries and circling the globe.

In this festive Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, Alice Dalgiesh brings to life the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday for readers of all ages. Giles, Constance and Damaris Hopkins are all passengers aboard the crowded Mayflower, journeying to the New World to start a new life. Things get a little more cramped when their baby brother Oceanus is born during the passage. However, when they arrive, there are even worse challenges to face as the Pilgrims are subjected to hunger, cold, and sickness that put their small colony in great danger. With the help of the Native Americans though, they might just be able to survive their first year in this strange land—and have a November harvest to celebrate for generations!

Thanksgiving: 'To exhibit an attitude of thanks, of gratitude, toward the giver of a gift.' Can you remember the last time you shared a Thanksgiving meal with family and friends and then found yourself thinking about the conversations the next day? Do you know what the four main items are that each person should always bring to their Thanksgiving gathering? Would you be interested to learn about the magical, life-changing power of giving daily thanks in your life? And would you like to learn of the gift that God desires but cannot buy for Himself, but that you can present to Him? In The Thanksgiving Handbook, author Robert Cozby takes the reader through a memorable Thanksgiving holiday and on a journey up into the mountains, exploring the answers to these questions and more. The Thanksgiving Handbook explores the concept, the attitude, and the action of giving of thanks, both during the designated holiday of Thanksgiving and in everyday life, with the purpose of expanding the parameters of understanding as it pertains to offering up thanks for blessings, gifts, and for life itself.

“Talking turkey” about the bird you thought you knew Fondly remembered as the centerpiece of family Thanksgiving reunions, the turkey is a cultural symbol as well as a multi-billion dollar industry. As a bird, dinner, commodity, and as a national icon, the turkey has become as American as the bald eagle (with which it actually competed for supremacy on national insignias). Food historian Andrew F. Smith’s sweeping and multifaceted history of Meleagris gallopavo separates fact from fiction, serving as both a solid historical reference and a fascinating general read. With his characteristic wit and insatiable curiosity, Smith presents the turkey in ten courses, beginning with the bird itself (actually several different species of turkey) flying through the wild. The Turkey subsequently includes discussions of practically every aspect of the iconic bird, including the wild turkey in early America, how it came to be called “turkey,” domestication, turkey mating habits, expansion into Europe, stuffing, conditions in modern industrial turkey factories, its surprising commercial history of boom and bust, and its eventual ascension to holiday mainstay. As one of the easiest of foods to cook, the turkey’s culinary possibilities have been widely explored if little noted. The second half of the book collects an amazing array of over one hundred historical and modern turkey recipes from across America and Europe. From sandwiches to salmagundi, you’ll find detailed instructions on nearly every variation on the turkey. Historians will enjoy a look back at the varied appetites of their ancestors and seasoned cooks will have an opportunity to reintroduce a familiar food in forgotten ways.

A soldier home for the holidays is brought together with a woman in need of protection in this romantic suspense novel of faith, danger, and family. Army lieutenant Max Forrester is home on leave, and looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with his sister. Instead, he finds Melissa in the hospital after a brutal attack. With help from Melissa’s social worker, Tara Carmichael, Max is determined to keep his sister safe. But then he discovers that Tara is facing dangers of her own . . . With a stalker making threats, Tara has been praying for strength. And Max might just be the answer to her prayers. But protecting both women won’t be easy . . . especially when the stalker’s true target is revealed.

This Thematic Unit - Thanksgiving is full of Games, Art Projects, and Music, for use in a classroom.

As a God-fearing family comes under attack by the devil, the children pray hard for the family to get back together at least by Thanksgiving. (Christian)

Enjoy this meticulously edited collection, dedicated to the holiday of gratefulness and forgiveness:_x000D_ An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott)_x000D_ Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner (Lucy Maud Montgomery)_x000D_ The Genesis of the Doughnut Club (Lucy Maud Montgomery)_x000D_ Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (O. Henry)_x000D_ The Purple Dress (O. Henry)_x000D_ An English Dinner of Thanksgiving (George Eliot)_x000D_ Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West (Eugene Field)_x000D_ Three Thanksgivings (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)_x000D_ John Inglefield's Thanksgiving (Nathaniel Hawthorne)_x000D_ Helen's Thanksgiving (Susan Coolidge)_x000D_ Thanksgiving at the Polls (Edward Everett Hale)_x000D_ Millionaire Mike's Thanksgiving (Eleanor H. Porter)_x000D_ The Thanksgiving of the Wazir (Andrew Lang)_x000D_ The Master of the Harvest (Mrs. Alfred Gatty)_x000D_ A Wolfville Thanksgiving (Alfred Henry Lewis)_x000D_ How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown (Harriet Beecher Stowe)_x000D_ The Thanksgiving Guest (Nora Perry)_x000D_ The Thanksgiving Party and its Consequences (Mary Jane Holmes)_x000D_ The Night before Thanksgiving (Sarah Orne Jewett)_x000D_ Miss Heck's Thanksgiving Party (Ida Hamilton Munsell)_x000D_ A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays (Amy Ella Blanchard) _x000D_ Chanticleer: A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family (Cornelius Mathews)_x000D_ The Kingdom Of Greedy (P. J. Stahl)_x000D_ Thankful (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)_x000D_ Beetle Ring's Thanksgiving Mascot (Sheldon C. Stoddard)_x000D_ Mistress Esteem Elliott's Molasses Cake (Kate Upson Clark)_x000D_ The First Thanksgiving (Albert F. Blaisdell, Francis K. Ball)_x000D_ Thanksgiving at Todd's Asylum (Winthrop Packard)_x000D_ Wishbone Valley (R. K. Munkittrick)_x000D_ Patem's Salmagundi (E. S. Brooks)_x000D_ Mrs. November's Dinner Party (Agnes Carr)_x000D_ The Visit - A Story of The Children of The Tower (Maud Lindsay)_x000D_ The Story of Ruth and Naomi; Adapted from the Bible _x000D_ Bert's Thanksgiving (J. T. Trowbridge)_x000D_ How Obadiah Brought A Thanksgiving (Emily Hewitt Leland)_x000D_ The White Turkey's Wing (Sophie Swett)_x000D_ The Thanksgiving Goose (Fannie Brown)_x000D_ A Novel Postman (A. W. Wheildon)_x000D_ Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West (Eugene Field)...