Milly was originallly from polish, but moved to America in the 1920's. She was always infatuated with Macy's, partly because her dad worked there. We see how she loves to play dress up and watch all the people. ( )

Milly and the Macy's Parade by Shana Corey and Brett Hequist
1924 and Milly's father works at Macy's. They miss their country, Poland and they figure out a way to celebrate with others: Thanksgiving holiday and Christmas.
Can't go caroling to everybody in New York City and Milly talks to Mr. Macy with an idea of a parade.
Cute children's story.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )

In 1924, Milly has recently moved to New York City from Poland with her parents. She loves the city--and especially Macy's department store--but her father and many of the other immigrant workers at Macy's are sad, particularly in the face of the coming holidays, because they miss the celebrations of their home countries. Milly (in an unlikely but nice turn) finds Mr. Macy and suggests that they put on a celebration that draws on the holiday traditions of the immigrants who work at Macy's. And thus the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (originally called the Macy's Christmas Parade) is born.

I enjoyed this picture book very much. The story is pleasant and a nice way to commemorate the fact that Macy's parade did originally feature immigrant employees of Macy's. The art is fantastic, with the styles and atmosphere of 1920s New York making a great showing. ( )

A tribute to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, originally known as the Macy’s Christmas Parade, and event that is a New York City holiday tradition.
In this story, Milly is instrumental in Mr. Macy’s planning of a parade meant to be a celebration of the holiday season.

This narrative is very loosely based on fact . . . the parade, originally called the Christmas parade, did begin in 1924; the immigrants who worked in Macy’s department store did miss their homeland traditions; they got together and created an amalgam that is uniquely American.

And, lest the fiction completely overrun the facts, the author reminds the reader that the balloons made their first appearance in 1927 and that the parade has never missed a holiday season, except for being cancelled for three years during World War II when the rubber balloons were donated for scrap rubber for the war effort.

Celebrating family and tradition and home, the story touches a warm note in the hearts of all who have grown up enjoying the Macy’s parade. ( )

It's not a NYT best seller, It's a child's book, but still I've wanted this because I'm a major fan of Brett Helquist drawings and I loved the colors and all (deep down I'm still 6 years old). This book tells the story of how the Macy's Parade in New York came to be. Of course it's not the actual historical facts, but it gets your holiday spirits high. ( )