November Books
Bowen, Gary, Stranded at Plimoth Plantation, 1626, Sagebrush,
1998. (Grades 4-7)
The boat carrying indentured servant Christopher Sears, 13, to Jamestown,
Va., runs into heavy weather off the coast of New England and is abandoned.
Christopher is billeted at the Brewster house, where he takes to the
daily routines of family and colony.
Gershator, Davis, Bread is for Eating, Henry Holt, 1998.
Celebrates the importance of bread. The reader is taken on a journey
that follows the making of bread, from the seed planted in the soil
to the baker's kneading of the dough. Music is included.
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane, and Lawrence Migdale, Buffalo Days,
Holiday House, 1997 (Grades 4-6).
Portrait of a young Crow Indian boy - Clarence Three Irons, Jr., a.k.a.
Indian - living in Lodge Grass, Montana. Indian's father raises cattle
and horses, and manages the Crow buffalo herd.
Hughes, Meredith Sayles, Green Power: Leaf & Flower Vegetables,
Lerner, 2001.
Ichord, Loretta Frances, Hasty Pudding, Johnnycakes, and Other
Good Stuff: Cooking in Colonial America, Millbrook, 1998.
Facts about America's culinary heritage covering such topics as manners,
food preservation, and culinary staples such as corn. Ichord also includes
a section on regional diversity and one she calls "Soul Cooking," which
focuses on the unique cuisine created by slaves. Recipes for popular
dishes, updated for modern kitchens and accompanied by clear directions
and discussion of how the same dish would have been prepared by colonial
cooks, conclude each chapter. Children will need adult help when they
prepare the food, but they'll have fun learning the history and making
such dishes as johnnycakes, pumpkin soup, and, of course, hasty pudding.
Miller, Jay, American Indian Foods: A True Book, Children's
Press, 1997
Pelham, David, Sam's Sandwich, Dutton, 1991.
Fold-out flap book with the look of a real sandwich and
easy-to-say, rolling rhymes. Sam and his sister Samantha are making
a giant sandwich, but little does Samantha suspect that slimy slugs
and creepy bugs are among the ingredients.
Waters. Late. and Russ Kendall, Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest
Feast, Scholastic, 2001
In Plimoth, Massachusetts, sometime in the autumn of 1621, English
settlers--known as Pilgrims--and the Wampanoag people shared a harvest
celebration that eventually became swallowed up in myth and legend.
Giving Thanks is a photographic reenactment of what might have taken
place, based on true historical accounts.
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