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Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast
by
Kate Waters
Sometime between September 21 and November 9, 1621, the English colonists, whom we call Pilgrims, and the Wampanoag people shared a harvest celebration. That meal has become known as the First Thanksgiving. This is the story of what may have actually happened during those days, as told by Dancing Moccasins, a fourteen-year-old Wampanoag boy, and Resolved White, a six-year-...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
August 28th 2001
by Scholastic
(first published January 1st 1949)
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Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast by Kate Waters, photographs by Russ Kendall, is the story of the harvest celebrations shared by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people.
The story of this harvest celebration is told by Dancing Moccasins, a fourteen-year-old Wampanoag boy, and Resolved White, a six-year-old English boy. This reenactment, based on factual historical accounts, is illustrated by full color photographs taken at Plimoth Plantation.
The text features thoughts of the featured reenactor...more
The story of this harvest celebration is told by Dancing Moccasins, a fourteen-year-old Wampanoag boy, and Resolved White, a six-year-old English boy. This reenactment, based on factual historical accounts, is illustrated by full color photographs taken at Plimoth Plantation.
The text features thoughts of the featured reenactor...more
or younger readers interested in the story of Thanksgiving, I like the books by Kate Waters which look at children who might have lived during this time period. These are reenactments of what the lives of individual children might have been like, based on factual historical accounts. Giving Thanks tells the story of Resolved White, a 6-year-old English boy, and Dancing Moccasins, a 14-year-old Wampanoag youth. It is accessible to younger children, although I talked with my children about how the...more
Nov 25, 2009
Kathryn
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
those seeking informational books about the first Thanksgiving
This is good for a more "informational" Thanksgiving story. I wasn't really a fan of the photographs to tell the story, but I appreciate that they were taken at Plimoth Plantation and seeing a "real" glimpse at the clothing and settlement is certainly interesting. It does a nice job of comparing a Wampanoag boy and Pilgrim boy's preparations for the Thanksgiving feast. Copious historical notes in the back, including a recipe for "Samp" (corn with spring herbs) make for an educating, if not entir...more
Aug 24, 2012
Little Miss and the Legomeister
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
picture-books,
thanksgiving
A nice update to the Thanksgiving story, told alternately by a Wampanoag boy and an English boy.
Kate Waters' book tells about a pilgrim boy and a Wampanoag Indian boy learning about each others culture. The book is a good way for students to learn the history of our contry.
Fun. Pictures of the reenactment at the Plymouth plantation.
Nov 01, 2011
Tati
marked it as to-read
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