I was excited to check out this book but it fell short of my expectations. It includes a lot of facts, and I appreciated that it set the historical record straight, but kids are not super interested in 1614 and 1621 and lots of specific names of English traders and Native tribes. The writing is very dry and doesn't bring the story of Squanto ALIVE - which is strange, since the story of Squanto is quite dramatic and intense. For example, Squanto and his friends are invited onto the English ship f...

Published: 2000, Silver WhistleAge: 7-10This is the story of the first Thanksgiving from the Native Indians perspective. What younger students may not know is that an English captain, Thomas Hunt abducted Squanto and some of his tribesmen and took them to Spain to be slaves. Spanish friars helped Squanto escape to England where he learned some English. He longed for his native land and eventually his friend, Thomas Dermer, took him back to his homeland, America. He found that most of his people,...

Read to prepare our hearts for Thanksgiving. Even though my kids are older good picture books are still fun to read!...krb 11/26/19

This was a pleasant story of much of Squanto's life, told from his point of view. He tells of his captivity, being taken to England, learning to speak English, and becoming a translator and peace maker between Native people (different tribes) and the English. The goache paintings on a textured background are lovely and realistic.

Awards: NoneGrade Levels: kindergarten-third gradeSummary: This picture book discusses Squanto's life. He was an Native American who welcomed the newcomers on the Mayflower. The English tribe and Native Amereican Tribe shared many different survivial skills with each other.Review: This opens the mind that life was very much different back then, then it is today. The accurate depiction of Squanto's life helps the children understand the first Thanksgiving.Activities: Have the children compare and...

This picture book biography of Tisquantum (Squanto) by renowned Native American children's author Joseph Bruchac presents the fascinating, often tragic and heartbreaking story of Squanto's abduction and subsequent enslavement in Spain, his long journey back from Europe to North America, only to find that his people, the Patuxet, had been decimated by sickness, to finally, presenting his essential and historic role in helping the Plymouth Colony settlers survive in the so-called New World (what t...

Don't pass this up - Squanto's story is an important part to the history of Thanksgiving. And this is a great rendering for children. There are pictures on each page spread and although it's history, it's told more in story format so kids will stay intrigued. Ages: 4 - 9Cleanliness: God is referred to by a few Native American names, such as the Great Mystery.#thanksgiving

This was the first book I’d read that had Squanto telling the story. It was neat to learn his people, the Patuxet Indians, were named after the waterfall. They were the People of the Falls. They valued honor and John Smith’s officer, Thomas Dermer, apparently shook Squanto’s hand, which meant a lot to him. The illustrations were a little fuzzy. I would have liked for them to be clearer and have more detail, but they weren’t bad.He and other men were tricked to come on board by another captain, w...

This story is all about Squanto and his life journey. It tells how Squanto and his friends were taken as captives by Thomas Hunt. Squanto learned new languages and this helped his survive. The book explains how the first thanksgiving came to be and what really happened. I really enjoyed this book because it is told through Squanto. Unlike many other books, we get to see Squanto's point of view of everything. This books tells about the horror Squanto was put through, but it does do it in a way fo...

This beautiful book is a pleasure to read from Squanto’s perspective. It tells is condensed version of how God began our nation with the help of a man who came from great suffering.

As Bruchac - a prolific children's author of Abenaki ancestry - notes in his afterword to this excellent picture-book, the Thanksgiving story is seldom told from the Native American perspective, and is usually marred by gross historical and cultural inaccuracies. That these untruths are spoon-fed to our children as part of our national mythology, makes them all-the-more harmful.Squanto's Journey is an excellent corrective for some of the misinformation currently available, telling of the life st...

I bought this book at the same time as The Very First Americans. My son was not quite ready for this book yet. Squanto’s story of being stolen into slavery and taken to Europe and his trip back and then his travels to help translate for Thomas Dermer along the Eastern Shore of North America—none of that was concrete enough for my literal thinker. The voice of Squanto in the book is poetic and beautiful, but doesn’t make sense for my son. He and I both loved the paintings/illustrations. We’ll vis...

Oh wow, it’s in his perspective. How interesting!‘My family were leaders of the Patuxet people and I, too, was raised to lead.’‘It goes toward the falls that gave our people their name. We were the Patuxet, the People of the Falls.’‘Pilgrims landed in the Freezing Moon of 1620.’Squanto is a little feminine looking in the face, and the nose doesn’t look Native American at all.Oh, John Smith! (colin farrel from the New World). ‘I liked the way Dermer shook my hand.’ ‘Smith had learned much from de...

In this book, Squanto helped the first New England colony survive. This book portrays native Americans positively and is detail rich. For example, accuracy exists in showing the food the Pilgrims ate to the clothes they wore. It is definitely a springboard for further reading. Pretty pictures, but not terribly interesting for students.

This book had a good lesson and the illustrations were great. I thought it was a bit boring for kids though.

I love the beautiful illustrations in this tale and the different approach to the historical tale of the Plymouth Thanksgiving feast. I also really enjoyed the author's note about Native American history and the glossary in the back. The only thing that I found myself wanting in this story was a little bit more emotion in the tone. Sometimes it felt like 'Squanto' (the author) was just presenting facts rather than feelings, especially when it came to his capture and his learning of the death of

Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving is more a biography of Tisquantum (Squanto) than it is a story of the first Thanksgiving, but it is nonetheless moving and important in its endeavour to gently correct many of the extremely common misconceptions surrounding this holiday.The story itself was captivating but a bit lengthy for the younger members in our family (the age recommendation on the back of the book is 6-9). My almost 8-year-olds were rapt. They did find the various dat...

I really loved the beautiful illustrations. This was a fascinating look at Squanto's life...he definitely had some difficult and unfair things occur to him but he was brave, intelligent, and resourceful. This allowed him to help the Wampanoag people and the English settlers. I appreciated the author's note and felt this was a nice introduction to Squanto and his contributions.

Wasn't extremely interesting for students, but has information that can be pulled out for comprehension. Images are water colors, but dull for 1st grade. I think this would be good for 3rd grade.

This book is beautifully written and the illustrations are powerful. It is the story of Squanto's journey. This is a story often untold. When I was growing up, I was told the single story of the Pilgrims journey and how they were blessed to come to a new area which benefited others through their knowledge of religion, animal husbandry and gardening. They were credited to building a permanent location.However, the opposite is quite true. Without Squanto the Pilgrims quite likely wouldn't have sur...