Why read An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving?

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"You will see what I can do. Ma said I was to use my judgment about things, and I'm going to. All you children have got to do is to keep out of the way, and let Prue and me work. Eph, I wish you'd put a fire in the…

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1 author picked An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Melanie Kirkpatrick

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I love, love, love this endearing novella by the author of Little Women. It’s Thanksgiving morning on the Barrett Farm in New Hampshire, and Mrs. Barrett is called away to nurse her sick mother in town. Father hitches up the sleigh and off they go to Grandma’s house, leaving eight hungry children behind. The oldest girl declares that she knows how to roast a turkey, and before you know it, she’s talked her skeptical brothers and sisters into helping her make the feast. Catastrophe ensues, with a lot of fun for the reader along the way.

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