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Young Squanto: The First Thanksgiving
A simple biography of the Wampanoag Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive in their early days
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32 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 1995
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June 2, 2021
Read 6/2/21
Genre: Biography
Grade Level: 2-3
This is a great book to have students learn more about biographies. There is a lot of information along with an index, which would be great to have students learn how to use to find information in a text. This is also a great book to use to teach about the first Thanksgiving.
Genre: Biography
Grade Level: 2-3
This is a great book to have students learn more about biographies. There is a lot of information along with an index, which would be great to have students learn how to use to find information in a text. This is also a great book to use to teach about the first Thanksgiving.
May 5, 2023
Biography/Nonfiction
Grade 2-3
This book was somewhat interesting. There were some parts that went from 0 to 100 real quick, which gave me a little chuckle, which I enjoyed. I think this would be a good book for grades 2 or 3.
Grade 2-3
This book was somewhat interesting. There were some parts that went from 0 to 100 real quick, which gave me a little chuckle, which I enjoyed. I think this would be a good book for grades 2 or 3.
November 21, 2012
This story, while a very brief and glossed-over view of Squanto's life, is definitely a good introduction to history for a younger child. My five-year-old loved it and was able to understand the story very well. My almost-three-year-old even seemed to enjoy it, even though he didn't seem to understand the story near as well. My son is interested to read other books in the series and more about Squanto's life.
The book is a very simplistic overview of the life of Squanto. It starts with his childhood in his tribe, then goes into his introduction to European sailors. He sets sail with them, goes to England, is captured and sold as a slave to Spain, manages to get back to England, and then back to America. When he arrives he finds his family has died of some illness and spends a lot of time alone. Before long he's introduced to the Pilgrims where he teaches them how to fish and farm, showing the children how to scare the birds away like he did as a child. This all leads up to their grateful return and the first Thanksgiving.
While the whole story is painfully brief and simple, I think it's great for a younger age group as a read aloud, or as an early independent reader. Some of the information isn't actually fact, but is commonly believed anyway, like turkey at the feast. All of those can always be dispelled later by other books on the subject. All in all it's a wonderful introduction of the life of Squanto for a younger child.
The book is a very simplistic overview of the life of Squanto. It starts with his childhood in his tribe, then goes into his introduction to European sailors. He sets sail with them, goes to England, is captured and sold as a slave to Spain, manages to get back to England, and then back to America. When he arrives he finds his family has died of some illness and spends a lot of time alone. Before long he's introduced to the Pilgrims where he teaches them how to fish and farm, showing the children how to scare the birds away like he did as a child. This all leads up to their grateful return and the first Thanksgiving.
While the whole story is painfully brief and simple, I think it's great for a younger age group as a read aloud, or as an early independent reader. Some of the information isn't actually fact, but is commonly believed anyway, like turkey at the feast. All of those can always be dispelled later by other books on the subject. All in all it's a wonderful introduction of the life of Squanto for a younger child.
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