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Whether you prefer to celebrate the holiday in a goofy way, traditional way, or a little bit of both, enjoy these poems!
Happy Turkey Day!
November
*
Thanksgiving and
the Pigs rejoice-
so many pies!
And so much choice!
Peach and apple,
cherry, ample
mincemeat, pumpkin-
just a sample,
Peach and apple,
cherry, ample
mincemeat, pumpkin-
just a sample,
crumb or nibble
of each kind,
our gracious hostess
will not mind
in November.
~From Alligators and Others All Year Long: A Book of Months by Crescent Dragonwagon
Happy Thanksgiving!
November
The stripped and shapely
Maple grieves
The loss of her
Departed leaves.
of each kind,
our gracious hostess
will not mind
in November.
The ground is hard,
As hard as stone.
The year is old,
The birds are flown.
And yet the world,
Nevertheless,
Displays a certain
Loveliness-
The beauty of
The bone. Tall God
Must see our soulds
This way, and nod.
Give thanks: we do,
Each in his place
Around the table
During grace.
Sister City
Posted on: May 21, 2010
Hey Kids! Did you know that WPB has a sister city in another country?
Mersin, Turkey is the sister city to our very own West Palm Beach. SPACE
Facts about Mersin:
- Mersin is also called Icel Pronunciation: mer-`sEn or E-chel
- Mersin is on the South Eastern coast of Turkey and is a major port city on the Mediterranean.
- The population was 537,842 in 2000 (WPB population: 98,774) http://www.geohive.com/cntry/turkey.aspx
- You can take a ferry from Mersin to Cypress
Facts about Turkey:
- The population is: 76,805,524 (U.S. population: 307,006,550)
- Turkey is located in the Middle East, bordering both of the continents Asia and Europe.
- The official language is Turkish.
If you want to find out more information about Turkey, check out this link to our Online WorldBook database! http://www.worldbookonline.com/wbdiscover/article?id=ar832020&st=turkey
SPACE
As always, here are some books on Turkey and the region:
Turkey : a question and answer book by Mary Englar ; consultant, Sabri Sayari
What do we know about Islam? by Shahrukh Husain
The hungry coat : a tale from Turkey by Demi
The trolley to yesterday by John Bellairs ; frontispiece and map by Edward Gorey
WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR????
Posted on: November 22, 2008
WHAT
ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR????
THANKSGIVING is a yearly celebration on the 4th Thursday of November when people in the United States and Canada give thanks for all the blessings they recieved throughout the year with a feast.
I can’t wait to be with my family and play games, tell jokes, and gobble, gobble, gobble!!!!
What are you thankful for?
I am thankful for my family and being able to spend another year with the crazy bunch.
Here are some awesome things to check out from the West Palm Beach Public Library’s KidSpace for Thanksgiving:
175 easy-to-do Thanksgiving crafts by Sharon Umnik
Arthur’s Thanksgiving by Marc Brown
Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons
My first Thanksgiving by Tomie De Paola
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (DVD)
Until we meet again,
~Remember, Reading is Awesome.
