Chapter Book 1

A.    Author: Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce

B.     Title: Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving

C.     Illustrator: Sal Murdocca

D.    Readability: 3.3

E.     Genre: General Nonfiction

F.      Subgenre: Dictionaries/ Series

G.    Theme: Exploration, Colonization, Native American, Maps, Leadership, Responsibility  

H.    Primary and secondary characters: Jack, Annie, Native Americans, Pilgrims

I.       Award(s) date of publication:  

J.       Publishing company: Scholastic  

K.    ISBN number:0-439-89502-2

L.     Brief summary: Pilgrims by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce is a great read for children. It starts with the pilgrims setting sail to the new world and the trials and tribulations they had to endure. The book continues with the survival of winter and the encounter with the natives. The pilgrims learn from the natives and survive their first winter. It then goes into the first Thanksgiving and how the natives and pilgrims celebrated.  The end of the book discusses the clothing, bathing and growth of the pilgrims.

M.   Description of how you would use the book with students: The chapter book, Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving, can be used in discussing the American history/European  history as well as holidays. I can use it to incorporate the days prior to a lesson about world travels, discuss how transportation plays a key role in society and how it impacted the world back in the day.