Describes the struggles of the Pilgrims during their first year at Plymouth Colony and events that led up to the celebration of the first Thanksgiving Day

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

Describes how the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors after their first harvest in 1621, establishing a tradition that would become a national holiday

Discusses the arrival of the Pilgrims and their military advisor, Myles Standish, to America, detailing the people they met, the hardships they overcame, and the many successes they achieved

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

"Myths about the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's arrival in modern-day America debunked"--

Discusses the arrival of the Mayflower and her passengers in Plymouth in December 1620 and their first difficult winter in a new land

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the hardships of sailing to the New World from England in 1620.

A brief biography of the Englishman who came over on the Mayflower and served as governor of Plymouth colony from 1621 until his death in 1657

Provides information on the pilgrims, including who they were and why they risked everything to travel to a distant land