You Wouldn't Want To...: You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Mayflower!: A Trip That Took Entirely Too Long (Hardcover)

from kkerns3

Summary: This story is all about the journey that 102 Pilgrims took from England to America in 1602. The story begins by talking about how the English Puritans broke off from their church because they wanted religious freedom. It talks about how the group from England joined with a group from Hol...

from CrystalRushton

You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Mayflower is really interesting book about Mayflower voyage. The story is told from the perspective of a young Pilgrim girl (which might make it a bit difficult for boys to "see" themselves in roll of the main character as they were reading). The book addresses st...

from julieaduncan

Your name is Priscilla Mullins and you are a passenger on the Mayflower. Discover information about your shipmates, why you were aboard, the perils of life at sea, and then how you can survive the first year in the New World. "Handy Hints" throughout the book such as "Make friends with the captai...

from SuPendleton

This is another book from the You Wouldn't Want to..... series. This historical picture book focuses on the trip the first colonists took on the Mayflower and all the perils of the journey. The book features cartoon like illustrations and gives a simplified story of the colonists' journey. It is ...

from DayehSensei

The pictures and humor are what's best about this book. I did not appreciate the fact that it promotes stereotypes-- of both pilgrims and Native Americans-- but that disappointment is mostly overshadowed by the fact that it does present colonial history in a child-friendly, easily-understandable ...