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Mary of Plymouth

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Mary and her family are among the Mayflower's small band of pilgrims that founded Ply mouth. Through the eyes of this young girl, students can view the daily lifestyle of settlers in an American colony. "My name is Mary, and I am setting down all these things about our people here in this new world, hoping some day to send to my dear friend, Hannah, who lives in Scrooby, England, what may really come to be a story, even though the writer of it is only sixteen years old, having lived in Plymouth since the day our company landed from the "Mayflower" in 1620, more than eleven years ago." Mary and the Pilgrims come to an America today's children would not recognize. Desolate and cold, there are no homes, no churches, no stores, no crops, no livestock. How did they build homes in the cold of a New England winter? What did they eat? What did they use to make candles and eating utensils? What about elections, church services, Indians, cooking, new foods? Written in the form of a letter from Mary home to her friend in England, this title describes day-to-day life for the Pilgrims in the New World. Give your children a sense of American history-in a spellbinding, easy-to-absorb fashion. Mary of Plymouth is a story as instructive as it is appealing.

Adults and kids (grades 5-7) who love history will receive a lot of accurate information on the daily life of the Pilgrims as seen through the eyes of a school-aged girl. While this book may not be enjoyed by kids who have been raised on sensational, continual-action TV, videos, or books, it will be enjoyed by those who love to read and who enjoy a good old-fashioned book that is well written.

I read this book out loud to my children ages 9,7,& 5 the week before Thanksgiving. It is full of wonderful information. We all loved it! We learned so much. I would highly recommend it. Fabulous book.

This was a required reading for me, and I was astounded at how boring it was. Many of the events described in the book were at random times, and it was difficult to get a good sense of time in the book. It was was more boring than any documentery that I had ever seen. Do not waiste your time and money on this book, you will regret it.