Product Description

From the dangerous voyage across the Atlantic through the first harsh winter

to the delicious Thanksgiving feast, all the excitement and wonder of the

Pilgrims' first year in America is captured in this vivid retelling that is

perfect for the youngest historians.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1210 in Books
• Published on: 1995-09-26
• Released on: 1995-09-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 24 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780679852926
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Inside Flap
From the dangerous voyage across the Atlantic through the first harsh winter to the delicious Thanksgiving feast, all the excitement and wonder of the Pilgrims' first year in America is captured in this vivid retelling that is perfect for the youngest historians.  

Customer Reviews

Kids don't even know they're learning history
I have been perusing children's books for historical events and people. This is a nice introduction to the Mayflower and the history of Thanksgiving. It gives enough detail that very young children will actually learn some history, yet it is short and to the point to keep their interest. The only fault is that I could not get a hardcover edition.

I like this one better than The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern.

Simple telling of a complicated time
This is a great book for introducing the concept of the first settlers in America. Considering the targeted age, which I think is 4 or 5 year olds, I can handle some minor inaccuracies. It communicates on a simple level the difficulties that the Separatists felt in England, their courage to leave their homeland for an unknown territory, their lengthy time at sea, and their ideas about their unknown Indian neighbors which were corrected by the generous way the Indians helped them. It ends by simply stating that we still observe Thanksgiving today, inspired by this pilgrim's feast, helping a young child understand that we are still connected to these courageous people. It takes some complicated ideas and deals with them in a way that young minds can understand.

Inaccurate
I haven't purchased this book (and won't) because when I used the Amazon feature to "look inside" the book I could see the first page of text. The first sentence is something like "in the 1600's in England were a group of people called Pilgrims...". No there weren't. They were Separatists who didn't want to worship in the king's Church of England. Once they made their journey to Holland and then the New World, they later were known as Pilgrims for taking their journey. The first sentence of this book shows me that the whole presentation will so oversimplified that the story will not be told well or accurately.

Pass...