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Contains a photographed reenactment of the voyage and landing of the Mayflower with text covering the perspectives of both the Native Americans and the English.

A young pilgrim girl and the cat she discovers on the Mayflower voyage begin their life together in the Plymouth settlement.

Describes the struggles of the Pilgrims in America during their first years, their relationship with Native Americans, and how they overcame their hardships.

What was it like to be a passenger on the Mayflower? How many people survived the first harsh winter in the New World? How did Pilgrim children spend their days? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this Magic Tree House Research Guide: Pilgrims.

Rhyming verses trace the events leading up to the first Thanksgiving Day.

Briefly describes what life was like for the Pilgrims who came to America in the seventeenth century.

Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.

Discusses the Pilgrims' voyage to Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the colony they established after their arrival, aided by Native Americans and governed by an agreement called the Mayflower Compact.

Describes the reasons that the Pilgrims traveled to the New World, their voyage on the Mayflower, the hardships of their first winter in the Plymouth settlement, and the harvest celebration remembered as the first Thanksgiving.

An adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick's "Mayflower" for young people, telling of the ship's voyage in 1620, the experiences of the Pilgrims in coastal New England, the relationship between colonists and Native Americans, and the causes and conduct of King Philip's War.

A biography of Miles Standish, military soldier and leader of the Plymouth Colony, who sailed aboard the Mayflower to help protect the Pilgrims and their settlement in North America.

Based on historical accounts and records, recreates the journal of a 13-year-old orphan's experiences in the New England of 1626.

Cartoons and facts combine to provide a portrait of what life was like for the Puritan pilgrims in early-seventeenth-century England; aboard the "Mayflower" on their way to America; and in Plymouth, the colony they founded upon their arrival.

Recreates the first harvest feast celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 using the Pilgrim and Indian actors and the seventeenth-century setting of Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Takes a fresh look at the Thanksgiving of 1621 as ninety Native-Americans shared five deer, corn, hominy grits, and stewed squash with fifty-two English people and talked diplomacy.