Sunday, November 23, 2008

Free Thanksgiving ebook: Mary of Plymouth by James Otis




Free and in public domain via Google Books, ages 8-12. Fully downloadable, switch to HTML on sidebar at link in order to print specific pages or save images of pages. Click here.



Summary from The Lost Classics:

"Little 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 the Pilgrims build homes in the bitter cold of a New England winter? What did they eat? How did they construct a fireplace with no bricks? What did they use to make candles and eating utensils? What about elections…church services…Indians…table manners…cooking…new foods? It’s all here in fascinating detail.

Mary of Plymouth is a story as instructive as it is appealing. A story sure to awaken your children’s curiosity about their country’s history."

HT to Pawpaw Holler Home.

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