Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving on Thursday

A little dive into the historical facts behind the Magic Tree House book, Thanksgiving on Thursday. My wife and I bought a bunch of these for our daughter at one point since she liked Jack and Annie so much, but the books never really got read to any degree. There are lots of pictures to break it up, but the heart of it is still fairly bland text that is not centered on Jack and Annie, who just appear as floating heads spouting trivia or asides.

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Contents: Dear Readers -- 1. Pilgrims Set Sail -- 2. The New World -- 3. The Wampanoag -- 4. Hard Times -- 5. A Big Old Feast -- 6. Plymouth Grows -- 7. The Future -- Doing More Research -- Index

This is a must have companian for Thanksgiving on Thursday. This combo is phenomenal for teaching children about the early settlers, Native Americans, and life in the 1600s. I used this as a book report book for my children's homeschooling.

This series is something that all students love to read at a time in their life. It is mysterious and the reader never knows what will happen as you turn to the next page. This book is filled with adventure with Jack and Annie. These two children have so many questions about how Thanksgiving was when it first happened. What did they eat? Why did they choose Plymouth? How did they first survive? This is a great book for elementary students to use as a resource to find out more and guide their interest. This book can guide students in research and finding about more about the first Thanksgiving. It gives relateable context, but still giving facts and information. I would recommend that this book for third graders or even fourth graders show more because of the information given as well as the way that it is written. show less

This was a very interesting little book. It seems to be a companion book to one of the magic treehouse books. I did learn a number of things about the Pilgrims Of which I was not aware.

This was a very interesting little book. It seems to be a companion book to one of the magic treehouse books. I did learn a number of things about the Pilgrims Of which I was not aware.

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday, they had lots of questions. What was it like to sail on the Mayflower? Why did the Pilgrims choose Plymouth? How did they survive in their new home? What did they really eat at the first Thanksgiving? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.

This is a very age appropriate non-fiction look at life in Plymouth. I highly recommend it!