This version of the Mayflower and Thanksgiving stories focus' on concrete details of the Pilgrims experience. The cramped quarters on the Mayflower, sparse food, uncomfortable sleeping arrangements, lack of ability to care for basic hygiene, hazardous weather and sickness give children evidences of the audacious endeavor the pilgrims undertook. 
 Additional chapters cover the challenges of the Winter, the hope of the Spring, the joy of Summer and Thanksgiving of the Fall. The text provides concrete details of the hard work of building, tools and resources used, dangers of fire, making of furniture, planting and harvesting. Squanto, a "man who had lived near Plymouth years before the white men came" is referenced favorably as a helper to adults and playmate to children. His enslavement in England (allowing him to learn English) and the death of his tribe (due to disease) are not referenced. Instruction of children in schooling and manners, as well as the tasks included in their work are covered. The Thanksgiving feast includes accounts of the tremendous natural food sources of the area. 
 Monochromatic teal gradient illustrations complement the text. This book is not perfect, but it is adequate to give a general presentation of the Pilgrims' story. See also Kate Waters' work (which i have reviewed).