America's Real First Thanksgiving Book

First and foremost, I would like to apologize to anyone who has sent me a book that I have yet to review. Between taking two classes through coursera, illness, pain and deaths in my immediate family, I have had little time. Some, I have read and have yet to review. Others may simply be on my pile of too read books. I am slowly catching up….

About this book….

I found it on goodreads in the giveaway section and thought it would be a good book to read with my youngest (6 year-old) granddaughter. She is reading chapter books and has been for quite some time. Her siblings read some books from the juvenile section, but they are slowly moving into the young adult readers. This book is formatted for juveniles, but written at a higher reading level. My granddaughter, who has excellent reading comprehension had to ask a great deal of questions to clarify things in her mind.

I also have to note that she was extremely disappointed in the book because she thought it would be ALL about that particular Thanksgiving event, but there was very little written about the actual event. It was more a prelude to how and why the event occurred. My granddaughter wanted to know more about the event itself, more about how things were prepared, more about the now extinct Native American Tribe that partook in the event, as well as more about the individual people; what they did to prepare, what each donated to the actual event, how they communicated, etc. I tend to agree, therefore, I have rated this book with a 2.