{"product_id":"book-h31o","title":"We Gather Together (Young Readers Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis young readers adaptation of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling \u003ci\u003eWe Gather Together\u003c\/i\u003e shares the true story of how Thanksgving became a national holiday and the way gratitude is looked at in America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiction: Thanksgiving is an American holiday that began when the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock and met the Indigenous tribes already living there. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFact: Thanksgiving celebrations existed before the United States of America and were celebrated in other countries as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiction: American Thanksgiving was always on the fourth Thursday in November.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFact: Thanksgiving’s day, date, and even its existence was at the discretion of the president and other leaders until the date was officially established by Congress and signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiction: George Washington is the person who decided we should celebrate Thanksgiving as a nation at the same time each year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFact: Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor and author, petitioned five presidents until she convinced Abraham Lincoln to declare a national day of Thanksgiving in November of 1863, starting an annual tradition continuing to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is much fiction surrounding the creation of Thanksgiving in America. Denise Kiernan debunks myths, provides facts, and explains how and why Thanksgiving evolved in the United States the way it did—and what gratitude means to society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis young readers adaptation of Kiernan’s \u003ci\u003eWe Gather Together\u003c\/i\u003e should be required reading in every school in America today.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49341542891824,"sku":"BDh31o","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/367523-h31o-Square.jpg?v=1734064965","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-h31o","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}