Thanksgiving books for kids?

[LadySusan]

Never a miss a chance to be respectful to people who were historically targeted for genocide politically-correct I always say.

Does anyone know of Thanksgiving books that are a little more balanced?  A bit about the Native Americans as being in America first and leading actual lives?

I dig my child's teachers 99% of the time but the first grader came home talking about how heroic the Pilgrims were and asked hopefully if any of his (Asian) Indian ancestors were helpers at the Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving party.

Early Elementary school level.

[Dumbledork]

Here's a list of picture books that focus more on family and giving thanks rather than the concept of the first Thanksgiving.

www.pre-kpages.com/best-thanksgiving-books/?m

[darnkatz]

The People Shall Continue - Starts with their stories of creation and moves through the time when their lands were stolen from them by the Europeans. 

First Americans series (this links to The Nez Perce, but there are many others)- Talks about the different tribes, their stories of creation, their culture/housing/clothing/etc, what happened when Europeans came over, where they are today, etc. 

[pescalita]

Nov 6, 2015 16:28:21 GMT -5 Dumbledork said:

Here's a list of picture books that focus more on family and giving thanks rather than the concept of the first Thanksgiving.

www.pre-kpages.com/best-thanksgiving-books/?m

We have 10 Fat Turkeys, it's cute. Our collection so far is turkey-focused.

[meshaliuknits]

Nov 6, 2015 17:38:34 GMT -5 pescalita said:

Nov 6, 2015 16:28:21 GMT -5 Dumbledork said:

Here's a list of picture books that focus more on family and giving thanks rather than the concept of the first Thanksgiving.

www.pre-kpages.com/best-thanksgiving-books/?m

We have 10 Fat Turkeys, it's cute. Our collection so far is turkey-focused.

Similar here. The Liu children think Thanksgiving is about hand turkeys.

[darnkatz]

I was trying to think of others we have read. Last year we read The Children of the Morning Light: Wampanoag Tales and Wampanoag Morning: Stories from the Land of the People of the First Light Before the English Invasion. That second one is much longer, FYI. DD1 was interested in the tribe that the pilgrims encountered.

I have this one on hold for her right now - 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving. It's put out by National Geographic.