Cape Canaveral Poet Laureate

  We are gearing up for Thanksgiving, that wonderful time of year where we take special care to show gratitude to and for everything we have: family, friends, love, goods, all kinds of things.  After searching, I was unable to find a children's book that accurately reflected the first Thanksgiving and the Thanksgiving holiday from a historical standpoint  Thinking one should be created, I set about some research and created this. The idea is that any age child can benefit from learning the history and themes presented herein.  One way to keep the children engaged is to have them provide the drawings.  For younger children, it may be doodles and hand-turkeys.  For older ones, they may draw images they associate with the story.  It can be a wonderful way of starting a conversation about the true history of Thanksgiving.  For instance, maybe the drawings of "Pilgrims" and "Indians" do not reflect accurately who these people were.  But that should not stop children