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Joyce K Kessel

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1) Halloween

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Kessel, Joyce K

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Explains the origins of the holiday of Halloween and such traditions as black cats, jack-o-lanterns, witches, bonfires, and trick-or-treating.

2) Squanto and the first Thanksgiving

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Kessel, Joyce K

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Describes how the Indian Squanto, an English-speaking Christian and former slave, whose village had been wiped out by smallpox, taught the Pilgrims the skills they needed to survive the harsh Massachusetts winter.