This book gives the fictional, but accurately detailed of a young girl's journey to America on the Mayflower.

On the Mayflower provides a great informational account of what it was really like to be a crew member and a passenger on the voyage to America. This book was full of historical information, but the story was made up. I really liked that the story focused on two young people on board the mayflower because it will be easier for students to think about the journey from England to America if they are reading about it in a similar point of view as their own. I also enjoyed that the pictures in the book were photographs of children and adults who volunteer at the Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts. All involved dressed in period clothing and posed onboard the Mayflower II, which is a recreation of what historians believed the real mayflower looked like. I also liked that after the story, there is a description of the characters in the story based on the real people that inspired the characters. There were also a labeled diagram of the Mayflower and a glossary of period terms used in the story. ( )

This is the story of the Mayflower’s journey to the New World through two children, William Small and Ellen Moore. Small is an apprentice to the ship’s master and Moore is an eight year old passenger. Small’s story includes all the intricacies of sailing and navigation techniques of the time. The pictures came from photographs of the Mayflower II and are very well-done. There’s so much detail in the story that you don’t get from normal text, such as the ship’s ropes being sticky from tar. It was really interesting to see in such detail how sailing and navigation was done. The author was very meticulous in her research (as a reader, you can tell), and she makes sure everything is referenced, fact and fiction is distinguished, and even includes a glossary and diagram of the Mayflower. I think that students would gain not just another perspective from this book or more knowledge, but enjoyment as well. The text may be a little juvenile for high schoolers, but the picture quality more than makes up for it, I think. ( )

This is a historical fiction book all about the crossing of the pilgrims on the Mayflower. This book tells the story of two children who made the crossing without their families. I really like this book because it uses real photographs, not taken from the actual Mayflower but rather from the replica, the Mayflower II. I think this book would be great for upper elementary students because the text is longer and with this age there is more conversation that can take place.

This is a book about a voyage on the Mayflower, a boy named Will who was an apprentice to Christopher Jones met a young girl on the ship who was sailing to America from England. As they landed and the passengers made their homes, Will often wondered if he would ever reunite with his friend he had made on the trip.

This is a book that tells alot of history about the voyages on the Mayflower.

You could talk about the oceans and how ruff they can be. Talk about what it would be like to ride on a ship. ( )