Kit Learns A Lesson
In 1934 Kit finds that she has hard lessons to learn about the Depression both at home, where she is helping her mother run a boarding house while her father looks for a new job, and at school, where a fight spoils the preparations for the Thanksgiving pageant.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: depressions, schools [X], thanksgiving day [X], boardinghouses, historical fiction, school stories, great depression, 1929-1939
Gooney Bird And The Room Mother
Gooney Bird Greene, an entertaining second grader who introduces challenging vocabulary words and tells "absolutely true" stories, finds a surprise room mother to bring cupcakes for the Thanksgiving pageant.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 79
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
Arthur's Thanksgiving
Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 133
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: thanksgiving day [X], plays, schools [X], aardvark, arthur (fictitious character : brown), school stories, aardvarks
Don't Eat Too Much Turkey!
The first graders get tired of Anna Maria's bossy ways during the Thanksgiving preparations.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Molly's Pilgrim
Told to make a Pilgrim doll for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly is embarrassed when her mother tries to help her out by creating a doll dressed as she herself was dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 201
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: jews, schools [X], thanksgiving day [X], emigration and immigration, russian americans, immigration and emigration, school stories
The Candy Corn Contest
Richard determines to win the Thanksgiving Candy Corn contest by guessing the correct number of candies in the jar but before he realizes what he's done he eats three big pieces.
FIC
year: 1986
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 260
Big Bob And The Thanksgiving Potatoes
Big Bob and Big Gloria, who are friends because they are both large for their age, start a new trend when their second-grade class is supposed to make turkey decorations for Thanksgiving.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 270
Dr. Carbles Is Losing His Marbles!
Tired of following the strict rules of their grumpy replacement principal, second-grader A.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 96
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: school principals, thanksgiving day [X], schools [X], humorous stories, school superintendents and principals, humorous fiction, school stories, humorous fiction
The Turkeys' Side Of It
Disappointed at being cast as a turkey in the school Thanksgiving play, Adam Joshua figures out a way to make the best of it.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Junie B., First Grader
To celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, Mr. Scary's first grade class prepares a Thankful List for the school contest, but Junie B.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 116
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 370
subjects: thanksgiving day [X], gratitude, school stories, humorous fiction, schools [X], humorous stories
Happy Thanksgiving
Just as Mrs. Connor's first grade class finishes dressing up in their Thanksgiving costumes, a fire drill is called.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300
Karen's Pilgrim
Karen wants her Thanksgiving report to be the best in the class, but she is afraid her friend Pamela's will be better, so Karen arranges to have real Pilgrims help her and her classmates learn the true meaning of Thanksgiving.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
subjects: thanksgiving day [X], pilgrims (new plymouth colony), schools [X], pilgrims (new england colonists)
Yankee Doodle Drumsticks
Drummer Willie Roberts dreams of a perfect Thanksgiving which would have the Lincoln Lions Band in new uniforms playing on the football field and his long-absent father in the stands.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Don't Be Such A Turkey!
During a class field trip to a Pilgrim village recreation, Katie finds herself replacing an actor playing a Pilgrim and, later, when her family goes to New York City, she becomes a clown in the Thanksgiving Day parade.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530
subjects: thanksgiving day [X], pilgrims (new plymouth colony), museums, parades, schools [X], pilgrims and pilgrimages, school stories, magic, electronic books, electronic books
Amelia Bedelia Talks Turkey
Amelia Bedelia volunteers to fill in as the director of a third-grade Thanksgiving play, but she misunderstands everything from one girl's desire to play a big role to an opening night wish that she "break a leg.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 43
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
subjects: theater, school stories, thanksgiving day [X], household employees, humorous fiction, schools [X], humorous stories, humorous fiction, readers (elementary)