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maureen_fox's review against another edition
3.0
Mostly well researched. Several passages were misleading, though not outright inaccurate. An informed parent or teacher could easily discuss the truth with a kid who was interested in reading this book.
However, MAJOR kudos to the author for including the grave robbing and stealing the colonizers did! For a kids book about Thanksgiving to include this is a big plus.
Could it be more accurate? Yes. Could it be less speculative? Yes. Is there an excuse for not being accurate? No. Yet I am keeping this in my classroom because I am desperate for kids books that accurately portray the history of the period.
However, MAJOR kudos to the author for including the grave robbing and stealing the colonizers did! For a kids book about Thanksgiving to include this is a big plus.
Could it be more accurate? Yes. Could it be less speculative? Yes. Is there an excuse for not being accurate? No. Yet I am keeping this in my classroom because I am desperate for kids books that accurately portray the history of the period.
ki4eva's review against another edition
3.0
A cute book cor young kids on the first Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, and Indians.
caleb_m's review against another edition
3.0
I liked it. Some people think that the Indians heard musket shots and came to see the pilgrims and some people think the pilgrims invited them straight off hand.
eralon's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not an expert on the history of Thanksgiving so I don't know how precisely accurate this was, but it was a more balanced account of the event than I received when I was growing up. It definitely mentioned injustices to the Native Americans, though it wasn't fully focused on that. I read this to both of my kids and we all learned some new things, and we discussed further what it said about Native Americans.
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