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NH Mayflower Society Book Project

                                  New Hampshire Mayflower Society Book Project

To: Librarians in the State of New Hampshire and Members of the New Hampshire Mayflower Society

From: Deborah Dutcher, Youth and Adult Services Consultant, New Hampshire State Library

and David Royle, Mayflower Book Project Chair

Re: New Hampshire Mayflower Society’s Book Project

Happy New Year New Hampshire Librarians and New Hampshire Mayflower Members. Deborah Dutcher and David Royle discussed and agreed on a joint project for the summer of 2020.   2020 will be the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower in Massachusetts. 

Our Book Project will actually begin during the summer of 2020.   Librarians will know that all members of the Mayflower Society of New Hampshire will be encouraged to contact their respective libraries to set up meeting times next summer to read books to the children of that town at the library about the Mayflower. We want to read the story of the Mayflower to as many children in the State of New Hampshire next summer as possible.   The eight books recommended are as follows:

  1. Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness
  2. The Boy Who Fell  Off the Mayflower by P.J. Lynch
  3. The Story of the Pilgrims by Katharine Ross
  4. The First Thanksgiving by Melissa Sarno
  5. Pilgrims of Plymouth by Susan E. Goodman
  6. If You Sailed On the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern
  7. Thank You Sarah by Laurie Halse Anderson
  8. Mayflower 1620 by Peter Arenstam, John Kemp, Catherine O’Neill Grace

Librarians, would you please look at the recommended books that have been chosen to see if your library has any of these books.  If your library does not have at least two of the books, and/ or you would like to have another one of the books, would you please send Deborah the names of the books you need. The New Hampshire Mayflower Society will purchase those books for your library and send them to you. 

We are very excited about this joint venture.  This letter will be sent to all our members as well as all of the librarians in the state. We are looking forward to an exciting summer reading program when all the children of the state will have the opportunity to listen to the story of the Mayflower.