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Thanksgiving at our house

The family busily prepares for Thanksgiving and has a grand feast with visiting relatives. Includes Thanksgiving poems.
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Pardon that turkey

how thanksgiving became a holiday
Tells the story of how Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, campaigned for a national day of thanksgiving which was finally enacted by President Lincoln, and discusses the tradition of having the U.S. president grant a pardon to the turkey given him by the National Turkey Federation.
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The Hoboken chicken emergency

Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 260-pound chicken.

Scooby-Doo!

the Thanksgiving mystery
While at a farm picking vegetables for Thanksgiving dinner, Daphne, Velma, and Fred are turned into pumpkin-headed monsters and Scooby and Shaggy must help them.

1621

a new look at Thanksgiving
Draws on re-enactments, historical records, and oral legends to explore the events surrounding the first Thanksgiving celebration.

More snacks!

a Thanksgiving play
The kids of Ant Hill do a play about their ancestors' first Thanksgiving when they hopped on the "Mayflower" and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and made many new six-legged friends around a big harvest spread.

Thanksgiving is here!

A family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving at Grandma's house.

Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving dinner

Forgetful Silly Tilly Mole nearly succeeds in ruining her Thanksgiving dinner, but her animal friends come to the rescue with tasty treats.

Ten hungry turkeys

2018
"Mr. and Mrs. Chris P. Byrd are planning a big lunch on Thursday, and they invite ten turkeys to come early. However, one by one the turkeys drop out, as they wonder what this is really about"--Provided by publisher.
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