Reviews for Squanto and the First Thanksgiving

The average rating for Squanto and the First Thanksgiving based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-11-09 00:00:00 Christian Niederle Here is anotherbook that attempts to take a brutally honest look at history for the curious young reader who is between 2nd and 5th grade and is old enough to know more about what REALLY happened, though that knowledge may be sometimes unpleasant. So many children's book paint such a rosy picture that it's no wonder today's kids can have such unrealistic dreamy attitudes. I was a grown woman before I knew anything more about Thanksgiving than what I learned in elementary school: Some nice but picked on Pilgrims (who were perfect in every way) met with some ignorant but friendly Indians who saved all their lives one winter but sharing their food and some gardening tips. This book tells of the life of Squanto and how it began beautifully, became unbearable in the middle (enter the mostly nasty, cruel,selfish English) and then ended up sort of okay at the Thanksgiving dinner we still celebrate today. It even has an epilogue that bursts that bubble of an idea that some of us had that things were rosy ever after. It's not completely depressing, but not to be just handed over to our kids without some discussion, before or after. I did kinda have an impression that the writer felt like the indians were PURE but the English were mostly BAD. That whole noble savage idea of the American indians of the time. That's why I advise some discussion, because everyone knows that they weren't always angels either.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-11-08 00:00:00 bob gellert I didn't like the afterward. It is inaccurate. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November. We celebrate it on the fourth Thursday of November. Authors should be careful to be accurate, especially when you make note of the fact you want them to know.