Title: New Friends in a New Land
Subtitle: A Thanksgiving Story
First published: October 1992
Description: New Friends in a New Land: A Thanksgiving Story describes the Pilgrims’ first year in Plymouth, Massachusetts and the first Thanksgiving.

Damaris, a young Pilgrim girl newly arrived from England on the Mayflower, is a little afraid of her new Plymouth home. Gradually, she and the others in her group become friends with their Native American neighbors and celebrate a thanksgiving feast together.

Judith Bauer Stamper is a published author of children’s books. Some of her published credits include New Friends In A New Land: A Thanksgiving Story (Stories of America), Space Race (Hello Reader! Phonics Fun) and Penguin Puzzle (The Magic School Bus).

Chet Jezierski is a published illustrator of children’s books. Some of his published credits include New Friends In A New Land: A Thanksgiving Story (Stories of America), The Wapshot Chronicle and Women in Crisis: Lives of Struggle and Hope (Leather Bound).

Alex Haley, as General Editor, wrote the introduction.
Subjects: Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony), Thanksgiving Day, Juvenile literature, History, Children: Grades 2-3, Massachusetts, history, juvenile literature, Pilgrims (new plymouth colony), juvenile literature, Thanksgiving day, juvenile literature, Massachusetts, history, Thanksgiving day
Places: Massachusetts
Time periods: New Plymouth, 1620-1691
LC classification: F68 .S776 1993