In this festive Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, Alice Dalgiesh brings to life the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday for readers of all ages.
Giles, Constance and Damaris Hopkins are all passengers aboard the crowded Mayflower, journeying to the New World to start a new life. Things get a little more cramped when their baby brother Oceanus is born during the passage. However, when they arrive, there are even worse challenges to face as the Pilgrims are subjected to hunger, cold, and sickness that put their small colony in great danger. With the help of the Native Americans though, they might just be able to survive their first year in this strange land—and have a November harvest to celebrate for generations!
I read this in the autumn with only my 8-year-old daughter from her Memoria Press lesson plans and now we have come back across it in our adventures with BookShark Level 3 Introduction to Amwrican History. I read it aloud to all of the children tonight (10, 8, 5, 2
5, and daddy occupied the nb). It was best to see them making connections about the pilgrims, Plymouth, Miles Standish, and Squanto. It was great timing to read this after finishing Squanto and the Pilgrims. I look forward to seeing how the rest of the stories line up as planned.
The illustrations in this book are attractive and apparently award winning, but not my favorite. The story is factual and intere6just enough with fun historical details of the first babies on board and at shore. I'm glad we read it.
I own a very old picture book copy.
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My paperback copy has the same ISBN as the one pictured but the cover is different. An older Aladdin lamp logo and no award medal. It says ©1954.
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