Learn how 17th-century life differs from the modern world through amazing photographs showing historical reenactors in costume and character and through lively, informative text. Kids will see that since the Pilgrims couldn't make a weekly trip to the grocery store, they hunted and gathered food then cooked their meals on open fires or in outdoor ovens. Pilgrim children didn't go to school but instead helped their parents with chores and found time to play games like marbles. Pilgrims learned much about their new land from their Indian neighbors. Pilgrims of Plymouth shows English settlers working hard to build a new life in what was for them a new world.

 

There are 16 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by National Geographic Books .

Susan E. Goodman has written more than 30 children's books, including The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial , On This Spot: An Expedition Back through Time , and ALA Notable All in Just One Cookie . She lives with her family in Boston, Massachusetts. To learn more, visit susangoodmanbooks. com.