pilgrims (new plymouth colony)

A blend of fact and fiction introduces readers to the voyage to America on board the "Mayflower" by English Puritans.

Huddled below deck, battling stormy seas and hunger ... two cartoon flies ... feel the Pilgrims' hardships first-hand as the Mayflower makes its long, historic journey across the Atlantic from England to America.

Looks at the conditions and hardships faced by early colonists coming to America as passengers on the famous Pilgrim ship.

"Charlie Brown and friends are headed to Camp New World to see what life was like for the pilgrims. Lucy can't wait to get all dressed up. Sally can't wait to pick flowers. Linus is looking forward to fishing. But when the Peanuts gang arrives at Camp New World, they discover everything is a lot harder than they thought! Can everyone work together to plan a feast just like the pilgrims' Thanksgiving?"--Provided by publisher.

Transports readers to the Plymouth Colony and the first Thanksgiving, examining the hardships experienced by the Pilgrims, their attempts to build a successful colony, and their changing relationship with the local Wampanoag Indians.

Examines the Mayflower Compact, the first written framework for a government set up in what would become the United States.

In order to escape religious persecution, a group of English Separatists set sail for America in 1620, hoping to establish a new colony.

Features four stories celebrating the history of the United States, including the title story which describes the unusual friendship that existed between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War years.

A Pilgrim family's struggle to survive in their harsh new homeland culminates in a thanksgiving feast.