The story of the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving told with simple text and colorful pictures.

Alice Dalgliesh stated "In writing the text and making the pictures for this book, Helen Sewell and I have kept them both very simple- so they tell the story of one family and of the changing seasons. The Pilgrims and settlers were chiefly a group of country people, farmers, weavers and other workmen. They wore the clothes of the time - perhaps less elaborate - and they wore colors. The wide, tall hats were expensive, so the men and boys had knitted and cloth caps for ordinary occasions."