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My First Thanksgiving Book
Poems on various Thanksgiving themes, including the Pilgrims, Indians, corn, pumpkin pie, turkey, and thankfulness.
30 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
About the author
Jane Belk Moncure
431 books40 followersJane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.
Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.
Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.
Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia
Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.
Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.
Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia
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March 30, 2012
If you are going to try to take on a subject, like Thanksgiving, if you are going to try to inject facts about the history involved with it...those facts should be correct.
There are some virtues regarding this book.
There are several cute poems, that children would like to hear and memorize, but if the children take the facts of this book seriously, they will believe that when the Native Americans ( Indians, in the book) gave the Pilgrims pumpkins, they actually intended for them to make "spicy pumpkin pies".
There are some virtues regarding this book.
There are several cute poems, that children would like to hear and memorize, but if the children take the facts of this book seriously, they will believe that when the Native Americans ( Indians, in the book) gave the Pilgrims pumpkins, they actually intended for them to make "spicy pumpkin pies".
January 19, 2016
Book of poems that explain Thanksgiving. The illustrations are reminiscent of 1960s texts, and the poems are poorly written. The intentions are good, but the book is not well done.
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