[CASL-L] Thanksgiving books

Farrales, Christine cfarrales at east-haven.k12.ct.us
Mon Nov 25 09:57:16 PST 2019


A fiction book that I liked is Thanksgiving at the Tappletons' (not the
version with wolves as the characters) by Eileen Spinelli, Jerry Spinelli's
wife.

Christine Farrales
Joseph Melillo Middle School
Library Media Specialist
East Haven Public Schools

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 12:33 PM Ballachino, Laurie <ballachinol at mpsct.org>
wrote:

> I just used Duck for Turkey Day (Jules, Jacqueline) with 1st graders. I
> liked it because it showed that people celebrate the holiday by eating
> different kinds of food - and that's ok. The main character is Vietnamese,
> and her family has a different tradition. The students loved it!
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 12:03 PM Elaine Shapiro <elaine.shapiro7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I am seeking recommendations for Thanksgiving themed books (fact or
>> fiction) for the preK-4 age group that don't glorify the colonists at the
>> expense of the native peoples.  I am also looking for suggested books to
>> update my American Indian books which are very old, and I am afraid are not
>> culturally accurate.
>> Thank you
>> Elaine Shapiro
>> Broad Brook School
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*Christine Farrales*
JMMS Library Media Specialist
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