Frank Carlson Library

This adaptation of the original story follows the activities of seven in children nineteenth-century New England as they prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday while Mother is away caring for Grandmother.

In the backwoods of New England, a young girl cleverly fends off the threats of wild animals by trading her clothes for her safety.

"Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live in a boxcar. Now they have adventures everywhere they go. At a lighthouse, the children find a mystery in the night!"

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

Describes how the Indian Squanto, an English-speaking Christian and former slave, whose village had been wiped out by smallpox, taught the Pilgrims the skills they needed to survive the harsh Massachusetts winter.

Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.

The story of the pilgrims, why they came to America, how they came, and lived, met the indians, and had their first Thanksgiving.

A twelve-year-old apprentice and a seven-year-old passenger experience the first voyage of the Mayflower.

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

This book briefly presents the Pilgrims' 1620 trip from England to Massachusetts and what life was like after their arrival, including the feast of thanksgiving which they shared with the native people.