pilgrims (new plymouth colony)

Presents a biography of the courageous leader who arrived in America on the Mayflower and led the defense of Plymouth Colony.

Tells the story of the Pilgrims--their journey across the Atlantic, the founding of the first settlements, their relationships with the Native Americans, and the celebration of the first Thanksgiving.

David, a boy who thinks modern Thanksgivings are boring, imagines being at Plymouth Colony and celebrating the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.

Tells the story of the first Pilgrims to come to the New World in 1620 and the Mayflower Compact, the first document of self-government.

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.

Presents a children's book for early readers about what a young girl needed to know in order to prepare for her trip on the Mayflower.

Descriptions and photographs of Plimoth Plantation, a museum re-creation of the original Pilgrim settlement, trace the history and way of life of the first Pilgrims. Includes a discussion of the origin and operation of the museum.

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.

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.

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.