Thanksgiving Reading
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 17:17:44
As a Canadian. American Thanksgiving always seemed so.. big. It seems like such a bigger event than our own harvest festival Thanksgiving held more than a month earlier. When I was a kid the difference in dates was so very confusing. I remember reading a book where a character talked about Christmas decorations coming out alter after Thanksgiving and my response was. "What? Before Halloween???" Needless to say I've since learned a lot more about American Thanksgiving (I still don't get the football association but then I don't really get football). What better way to celebrate it than to inform out some Thanksgiving books?
In the category of Thanksgiving books children's literature takes bear on re-create. At Elizabeth points out some favourite family books. Her absolute favourite? N. C. Wyeth's Pilgrims for its beautiful artwork.
Molly's Pilgrim is a different type of "Thanksgiving/Pilgrim" schedule that my mom open with the kids at the library. I'm glad we included it with all of the other traditional Thanksgiving books. Molly was a young modern Jewish girl who migrated to America with her family to flee religious persecution. The book is written from that slant and it was fun way to change state up discussion about those topics.
chimes in with a analyse of Thanksgiving Day at Our accommodate: Thanksgiving Poems for the Very Young and some additional Thanksgiving poetry.
And no. Thanksgiving isn't all about the kids. And neither are the books provides a list of adult literature with Thanksgiving themes. Truman Capote wrote a pass classic? Who knew!
I read your headline and took a manifold take. Thanksgiving Reading? It almost seems like an oxymoron. I guess. I always equate Thanksgiving with eating which I love and football which I don't get either.
And I'm ashamed to admit that I only learned recently that Canadians get together Thanksgiving. I actually just wrote a post a few days ago about Thanksgiving and how it seems to be swept aside in the whole rush towards Christmas.
A blogger named "Suldog" has started a movement for us all to remember that Thanksgiving Comes First. I think it's a great idea.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://blogher.com/thanksgiving-reading
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