Reviews for Reading images

The average rating for Reading images based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-05-26 00:00:00 Leslie Farrow This book gives a general overview of the meaning, history, and different cultural traditions to celebrate Thanksgiving in America, Europe, and even Africa. The book pays the most attention to what Americans do on this holiday and gives a very generalized, matter of fact version of the ongoings of the celebration aspect of the holiday such as football, the Macy's Day Parade, and types of food that we eat. Although this might be useful to someone outside of the US that wants to learn about how the "typical" American celebrates Thanksgiving, it makes very large statements, making it seem like everyone celebrates in the exact same way. They dedicate one page to the original Pilgrims, but pay little attention to what part the Native Americans played in it. Additionally, there isn't much about the actual meaning of Thanksgiving and WHY we actually celebrate. I feel like often times, many Americans forget about the actual meaning and significance of Thanksgiving, and rather get caught up in the celebration and social aspects of it all. This book kind of does the same.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-19 00:00:00 Michael Dawson This book was interesting. It had some strengths and weaknesses. Some weaknesses were that it glazed over history and it did a lot of generalizing about American traditions. This could help to teach that not everything in non-fiction books are true. Some strengths were the interesting excerpts that are not always included in books about thanksgiving. It taught about the "average American" Thanksgiving, and the traditions that go along with it. Such as football and the Macy's day parade. This book would be good to teach children from other countries about a generalized American Thanksgiving.