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Title: Molly's Pilgrim (rpkg) by Barbara Cohen, Michael J. Deraney ISBN: 0-688-16280-0 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 24 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A New Meaning of Thanksgiving
Comment: Molly's Pilgrim is an excellent story of the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Molly has just moved to America from Russia, and is not enjoying it one bit. Kids in her third grade class make fun of her all the time because of her clothes and accent. She can't stand it, especially her worst enemy, Elizabeth. When Molly's class starts a project on Thanksgiving, they are told to make a doll. When Molly tells her mother this, her mother makes a doll for her, and the doll looks exactly the way her mother did when she was a girl. Her mother tells her that the Pilgrims fled England because they wanted to practice their religion freely, this is exactly what Molly's parents did, making them Pilgrims. That day, Molly takes it to school, but it looks very different from everyone else's. The children make fun of her, but they have a very big lesson to learn; the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Anyone will enjoy this story, old or young, because many can relate to it.
Rating: 5
Summary: The spirit of Thanksgiving is always with us.
Comment: The only negative thing I can think of to say about this book is that when I read it aloud, I have a very hard time not crying. It is a short and simple story (longer than a picture book, but an adult can read it aloud in one sitting, and most second or third graders could read it to themselves), but one of the most moving children's books I know of.
Molly is a turn of the century Jewish immigrant girl from Russia. She lives in a small town, where no one understands her, and other children make fun of her clothes, and accent and her ignorance of American customs. In November, her classmates are appalled that she has never heard of Thanksgiving. But as we get to know Molly better, we, and eventually her classmates, realize that this child, who left her country and moved to America so that she and her family could practice their religion without fear is no different from the first pilgrims.
By the time they reach second or third grade, most children have heard the story of the first Thanksgiving many, many times. This is a wonderful way to renew the meaning of the story for them, by reminding them that people are still coming to American for the same reasons they came hundreds of years ago.
Rating: 5
Summary: Molly's Pilgrim
Comment: Mrs. Stickly asks the class to make a pilgrim for Thanksgiving. Molly's mother makes one that looks like her. Mollys Pilgrim is a great book! At the end Molly understands that being different isn't bad. by Barbara Cohen
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Title: A Guide for Using Molly's Pilgrim in the Classroom by Susan Kilpatrick ISBN: 155734535X Publisher: Teacher Created Materials Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Make a Wish, Molly by Barbara Cohen ISBN: 0440410584 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: How Many Days to America? : A Thanksgiving Story by Beth Peck, Eve Bunting ISBN: 0395547776 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters, Russ Kendall ISBN: 0590474006 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: October, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: On the Mayflower: Voyage of the Ship's Apprentice & A Passenger Girl by Kate Waters, Russ Kendall, Amy Cohn ISBN: 0439099412 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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