Library Programs

Greening Your Holiday
Monday, November 17, 6:30 p.m. Southeast Branch

Monday, November 24, 6:30 p.m.
Alafaya Branch

Join one of the experts with the Orange County/UF IFAS Extension and learn a few simple ways to reduce the unhealthy demands on your pocketbook and our environment by going green this holiday! Get tips on how to green your holiday including decorating, entertaining and gift giving ideas.

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Shop OCLS

Just in Time for the Holidays!
Shop for books, music, DVDs, games and more for your friends and family! Give a gift back to OCLS. A percentage of the proceeds from your purchases will come back to your library. Shop through the catalog or go directly to Shop OCLS to browse.

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Kids & Teens

Library Online Resources

Want to learn more about this holiday? Read articles all about Thanksgiving from Junior Edition.

World Book for Kids offers a lot more information on this great day in a kid-friendly way!

Library Materials

Gobble, gobble, yum, yum! Enjoy these great Thanksgiving recipes.

Don't be a turkey! Read these Thanksgiving stories.

It’s as true as could be. Find true facts and the history of Thanksgiving with America's Real First Thanksgiving.

Get gravy with it. Try your hand at these fun crafts for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Get down like a turkey! Find great holiday games to play in these books.

Watch Grandmother White Loon Feather's Thanksgiving, King of the Greedy, Thanksgiving, and A Pilgrim First in this Thanksgiving Stories streaming video.

Web Sites

Follow the journey of the Mayflower through this interactive site from Scholastic.

Give this Thanksgiving word search a go! Once you complete it, scramble the letters and play again.

Learn all about Thanksgiving through Kiddy House.

Try your hand at these turkey crafts from DLTK.

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Library Online Resources

Did your family come over on the Mayflower? Get started researching your family history with HeritageQuest.

Browse through these articles about Thanksgiving from the magazines available in General OneFile.

Did you know that Benjamin Franklin so admired the turkey that he thought it should be our national bird or that cranberries are closely related to wintergreen and blueberries? Read about these and other interesting facts in Science Online.

Read interesting articles from the World Book Encyclopedia. From Pilgrims to turkeys, this database has it covered.

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Library Materials

It's all about the food. Stay traditional or try something new with Thanksgiving cookbooks, turkey cookbooks, and Thanksgiving recipe
books.

Thanksgiving fiction titles will help you get that "Thanksgiving spirit."

Titles about the Pilgrims of New Plymouth Colony.

DVDs with Thanksgiving themes. For before or after you eat. Watch one in the kitchen!

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Web Sites

Discover what the first Thanksgiving was really like with a visit to The History of Thanksgiving from The History Channel.

Visit the Butterball Web Site for recipes, menu suggestions, preparation tips, and more!

When planning your Thanksgiving feast, visit Epicurious for tips, recipes and how-to videos.

Get some ideas on what to do with your turkey from the Food Network.

Let's talk Turkey: Check out this fact sheet from the USDA on safely roasting a turkey.

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Blogs

Get a head start on post-Thanksgiving shopping by reading up on all the latest products in the Consumer Reports Blogs.

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