03652cam a22003133u 4500 45114 UtSlPG 20260610134033.0 m cr n 260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ Dickinson, Asa Don, 1876-1960 The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2014 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2014-03-11 The kingdom of the greedy / P. J. Stahl -- Thankful / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Beetle Ring's Thanksgiving mascot / Sheldon C. Stoddard -- Mistress Esteem Elliott's molasses cake / Kate Upson Clark -- The first Thanksgiving / Albert F. Blaisdell and Francis K. Ball -- Thanksgiving at Todd's Asylum / Winthrop Packard -- How we kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Wishbone Valley / R. K. Munkittrick -- Patem's salmagundi / E. S. Brooks -- Miss November's dinner party / Agnes Carr -- The visit / Maud Lindsay -- The story of Ruth and Naomi / Adapted from the Bible -- Bert's Thanksgiving / J. T. Trowbridge -- A Thanksgiving story / Miss L. B. Pingree -- John Inglefield's Thanksgiving / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- How Obadiah brought about a Thanksgiving / Emily Hewitt Leland -- The white turkey's wing / Sophie Swett -- The Thanksgiving goose / Fannie Wilder Brown -- An English dinner of Thanksgiving / George Eliot -- A novel postman / Alice Wheildon -- Ezra's Thanksgivin' out west / Eugene Field -- Chip's Thanksgiving / Annie Hamilton Donnell -- The master of the harvest / Mrs. Alfred Gatty -- A Thanksgiving dinner / Edna Payson Brett -- Two old boys / Pauline Shackleford Colyar -- A Thanksgiving dinner that flew away / Hezekiah Butterworth -- Mon-daw-min / H. R. Schoolcraft -- A mystery in the kitchen / Olive Thorne Miller -- Who ate the dolly's dinner? / Isabel Gordon Curtis -- An old-fashioned Thanksgiving / Rose Terry Cooke -- 1800 and froze to death / C. A. Stephens. E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Emmy, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories" by Asa Don Dickinson is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. This anthology celebrates the themes and traditions associated with Thanksgiving, featuring a variety of tales that reflect the holiday’s spirit, history, and the sharing of gratitude. Each story is curated to appeal to children and is accompanied by notes to assist selection for readings. At the start of the book, the editor introduces the purpose and inspiration behind the collection, drawing on the success of a previous anthology about Christmas stories. The opening story, "The Kingdom of the Greedy," presents a whimsical fairy tale about a king whose subjects are obsessed with pastries, leading to humorous situations around their unhealthy cravings. As the tale unfolds, the king seeks to remedy their gluttonous ways, showcasing a playful narrative that warmly prepares readers for the festive and heartwarming stories that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Thanksgiving Day -- Juvenile fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45114 85953 85953