The Story of Thanksgiving Author:Nancy J. Skarmeas, Stacy Venturi-Pickett (Illustrator) This book tells the story of the first Thanksgiving--how the pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower in search of religious freedom, how they landed at Plymouth Rock, and how the Native Americans taught them to plant and then joined them in a Thanksgiving feast. Parents can use the simple text and the bright illustrations of this book to intro... more »duce a very young child to this holiday.« less