Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons: Non- Fiction

Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons: Non- Fiction

This book was a little wordy. It was not a bad book but it was not my favorite. The book was about Thanksgiving and where it all comes from. I think this book is important because every student do not celebrate Thanksgiving so for the students who do not celebrate it they can learn from this book. They can learn were the whole concepts of Thanksgiving comes from and what many families do on Thanksgiving. Students that do not celebrate Thanksgiving they can tell the class the things they do celebrate and students who does celebrate Thanksgiving can tell the other students the things they eat or do for this special day. The book talks about the pilgrims and how they came to America and why they were so thankful. The author tells the readers how the pilgrims learned how to hunt, plant corn, beans, and pumpkins and who taught them. Also, the author talks about a little girl that celebrate Thanksgiving and the things her and her family eat and do on that day. The book was very informative; however I believe students should read this book on their own because it is too long to read aloud. Maybe this book could be in a reading center; so if students do want to learn more about Thanksgiving it is there for them.