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\nwith illustrations byHELEN SEWELL  \nThis is a book to read aloud to childrenwhen they first want to know why we haveThanksgiving Day.Children a little oldermay read it themselves.  \nThe story tells of one family on the May-fower,of their hardships on the voyageand during their first winter.It tells,too,ofjoy in the arrival of their new baby,ofspring in their new home,of planting,har-vest,and the giving of thanks.  \nALICE DALGLIESH has written the text sothat it carries something of the feeling of agreat enterprise,something of the strugglefor food and shelter-yet always keepsclose to family life and so to the childrenreading it.HELEN SEWELL has kept thesame spirit in her distinctive pictures whichhave much of the character of Americanprimitive paintings.  \nnas王twO O工4.t of  \nenclosed  \nsign your  \nnvelope.  \nZnnan  \nIAGAZINE  \nTHE THANKSGIVING STORY  \n1  \n# THE\n\nTHANKSGIVING STORYby ALICE DALGLIESH  \nwith illustrations by HELEN SEWELL  \nNEW YORK  \ny03  \nAUTHOR’S 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