Clarion Squanto's Journey

We're studying American History for homeschool this year and the kids and I have both really loved this book. I especially loved that it told the story of Thanksgiving from the perspective of Native Americans. It gave a more comprehensive history of the events that surrounded and lead up to the first Thanksgiving and gave us a better understanding and appreciation of everyone involved. Read this with my 9 year old and 4 year old and I didn't feel that it was too scary or graphic for either of them. The illustrations weren't graphic at all and it talked about how Squanto had been captured, but it didn't tell the story in a way that made the kids feel scared, though we of course talked about it all as we read it. Really grateful for this as a teaching resource and I'm glad we own it so we can return to it again and again.

Beau livre

Another wonderful book by JB - his stories are wonderful and so easy to understand. Take your children on some journies into the past and you will be delighted by the illustrations by Greg Shed! Without Squanto the first Thanksgiving wouldn't have been possible...he teaches the pilgrims how to survive in the rugged land - corn, beans and squash - the three sisters truly are "a feast for all people."

I bought this book to share with my children over Thanksgiving, and loved it. It has beautiful illustrations, and is written from the unique perspective of Squanto. Full of interesting history which I found instructive learning things about Squanto's history which were not taught at school, but still written at a level that children could enjoy. Any excellent Thanksgiving read.

I bought this book to go along with a Pilgrim Barbie. It's a great kids book. Words are printed over illustrations on every page. The story is told from Squanto's life, not the Pilgrims. And this is a really nice change. It tells of his abduction by a white acquaintance that he trusted. How he was taken to Europe and made a slave. Then rescued by monk who enabled his return to America. So many tragedies befell this man who was instrumental in saving the English Colony. It made my children accutely aware of the generosity of the Native Americans to the white settlers and how badly they suffered as a result. If you want to present history as it was this is the perfect book to read at Thanksgiving.