I would probably give it 3.5 stars if that were possible. This children's book is about what life was like on the Mayflower when sailing to America. The students in my second grade class enjoyed it, but not quite as much as two of the author's other books, Sarah Morton's Day and Samuel Eaton's Day. I love teaching my students new vocabulary, and their was a glossary in the back to make definitions easy to find, but the number of unfamiliar words from the 1600's made it harder for my students to get into the flow of the story. Cutting that back just a little might have been better, It is worth the time to read, especially combined with the other two books mentioned in this review.

Had to explain some words to my five year old, but I liked that it introduced words that would have been in use at the time. Followed the book by watching a video tour of the Mayflower II - the book is full of photos of scenes staged on this reproduction ship so it was nice to see even more about the ship.

Nice living book about The Mayflower voyage for upper elementary ages.

This is a great historical fiction for younger children. This was a very important event in history and it is important for children to know what went on in their life before they were born. The pictures help children see what the ship looked like, what people wore back then, and why they were on the mayflower.