By Colorado Kids Advisory Board member Jackie Phillips

Title: 1621 A New Look At Thanksgiving
Author: Catherine O'Neill and Margaret M. Bruchac
Illustrator: Sisse Brimberg and Cotton Coulson
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Pages: 45

This book is about learning the real history of Thanksgiving and not the way most kids hear it today. It tells a story of the so called pilgrims and how they worked, survived and gave thanks for what they had. It tells how the Native Americans felt invaded and what helped to make peace between them. It is a colorful book with lots of cool photographs and drawings. I recommend this book for advanced readers and believe it can also be read by adults to small children. This would be a good book to use for a reference for a project and to read around the Thanksgiving holiday. It's not to long and not to short the prefect book to read about your history. (October, 2001)