The Magic School Bus at the First Thanksgiving is a book in the TMSB+RA spin-off series. Its topic is the history of the American holiday, Thanksgiving.
The kids go back in time to the first Thanksgiving, where they meet the American Indians and the Pilgrims who helped made that day become a tradition in the Western Hemisphere.
Trivia[]
- A typographical error occurred in the final page of Builds the Statue of Liberty, where the book's title was misspelled At the First Thanksgivng.
- Like the former, this book also focuses on United States history. It shares some qualities with it as well:
- Both books involve time travel.
- The students and Professor Frizzle interact with historical figures in both books (Bartholdi in TMSB Builds the Statue of Liberty and the Native Americans/Pilgrims in this book)