Thanks for Nothing
How Willie And Abe Saved Thanksgiving
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2.8 • 5 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
It is Halloween and Christmas versus Thanksgiving in a festive, fun-for-all-ages battle of the holidays. Hampton Dellinger's "Thanks for Nothing" tells the story of how two boys and a grandmother make sure Thanksgiving is celebrated properly despite being increasingly overshadowed by Halloween on one side and Christmas on the other. This funny, poignant, and beautifully illustrated holiday story is also educational. Character names evoke historical figures responsible for the Thanksgiving we celebrate today. A glossary connects the characters to their famous namesakes. Each book also provides a page for child readers to write down what they are thankful for. The author, Hampton Dellinger, lives in North Carolina with his wife Jolynn, son Jackson, and daughter Austen Grace. His writings for adults have been published in the Harvard Law Review, the National Law Journal, and several newspapers. This is Hampton's first book for children.
Customer Reviews
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One page for $4.99?! This can't be right. Are these books regulated at all? I've had so many problems with this store.
It's not just one page...
I know it says that it's only one printed page in the info section, but I took a chance and downloaded the book. Turns out that the book is really 58 pages long!! Just a typo from iBook.
The story itself is a good one - about preserving and remembering Thanksgiving even as it is increasingly overshadowed by Halloween and Christmas - and the pictures are well done, colorful, and overall lovely. The author also makes a concerted effort to tie in history by adding an appendix where historical figures involved in Thanksgiving over the years are named and their efforts explained. All in all I recommend this book.
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