Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
5.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3105
Points per Word
0.000161
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.010417
Description
Sarah Hale, a magazine editor, campaigned for a national day of thanksgiving, which was enacted by President Lincoln. A tradition later began of having the U.S. president grant a pardon to a turkey given by the American Turkey Federation.