This lively story follows a family at their Thanksgiving celebration. From the meal preparations to the arrival of guests, readers will recognize the flurry of activity that turns to thoughtful calm as each family member contributes to the prayer.

Compare how the first Thanksgiving was celebrated to how we celebrate the holiday today.

Traces the history of this American harvest celebration and the development of its symbols and legends.

The trucks of Trucktown create their own annual day of giving thanks.

There seems to be no place for the smallest child in a family's busy preparations for Thanksgiving, until Grandpa steps in and they perform a vital task everyone else has forgotten.

Grace is worried about the coming winter, but happily it proves to be mild, and the next fall when Thanksgiving is celebrated, she starts a tradition of giving blessings to God before the meal. Includes author's note about the history of saying grace and suggested activities.

It's another Thanksgiving at Grandma's. Gavin expects a long day of boredom and being pestered by distantly related toddlers, but his cousin Rhonda has a different idea: make a break for it - out of the kids' room to the swing set in the backyard! Gavin isn't so sure, especially when they encounter vicious guard dogs (in homemade sweaters), a hallway full of overly affectionate aunts, and worse yet, the great wall of butts! Will they manage to avoid...