Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen, Daniel Duffy (Illustrator), Daniel Mark Duffy (Illustrator)
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(Paperback - REV)
- Age Range: 6 to 9
- Pub. Date: September 1998
- 32pp
- Sales Rank: 12,268
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 1998
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Format: Paperback, 32pp
- Sales Rank: 12,268
- Age Range: 6 to 9
- ISBN-13: 9780688162801
- ISBN: 0688162800
- Edition Number: 97
- Edition Description: REV
Synopsis
Sparkling new illustrations refresh this Thanksgiving classic based on the true experience of a member of Barbara Cohen's family. The touching story tells how recent immigrant Molly leads her third-grade class to discover that it takes all kinds of pilgrims to make a Thanksgiving. Originally published in 1983, Molly's Pilgrim inspired the 1986 Academy Award winning live-action short film.
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Told to make a Pilgrim doll for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly is embarassed when her mother tries to help her out by creating a doll dressed as she herself was dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom.
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Molly wants to go back to Russia. The girls in her third-grade class make fun of Molly's imperfect english and her peasant-looking clothes. Her mother reminds her they can't go back to Russia; the reason they came to America was to escape religious persecution, and it would be very dangerous to return. To make matters worse, Molly's teacher gives the class a project for Thanksgiving. Not only has Molly never heard of Thanksgiving, but she is supposed to make a Pilgrim doll out of a clothespin for the class display. That evening, her mother offers to help, and when Molly takes her doll to school the next day, the children tease her, saying her doll doesn't look like a Pilgrim. But Molly defends her position, explaining why the doll her mother made is a pilgrim. With the help of the teacher, the entire class soon realizes that not only is Molly right, but it really does take "all kinds of Pilgrims to make a Thanksgiving." First published in 1983 and in its second printing, this strong and important story easily ranks as one of the best choices for this and every Thanksgiving.
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Barbara Cohen (1932-1992) was the author of several acclaimed picture books and novels for young readers, including The Carp in the Bathtub, Yussel's Prayer: A Yom Kippur Story, Thank You, Jackie Robinson, and King of the Seventh Grade.
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a lovely storyby storiesforchildren
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October 23, 2008:
Molly, a Jewish girl, and her family have moved to America from Russia. Her mother says that the reason was to escape religious persecution and find freedom. First they lived in a tenement house in New York and Papa worked in a factory. Then they came to Winter Hill where Papa works in Mr. Brodsky's store and they live in the apartment above. However, the children in Molly's third-grade class make fun of her accent and clothes. Molly even thinks about going back to Russia. At Thanksgiving the teacher says that everyone is supposed to bring a Pilgrim doll to class. The doll that Molly's mother makes looks like a Russian peasant girl, not at all like the Pilgrims Molly has seen in her schoolbook. Molly is embarrassed and afraid that she will never fit in with her classmates now. What will she do?
This is a lovely story which reminds children, and the rest of us too, that all Americans are in a sense "pilgrims." In spite of our different backgrounds, there is one thing that we share in common, and that is the freedom which this great nation affords us. Therefore, we should respect one another. Of course, at Thanksgiving time we mst never forget the great foundation laid for our country's liberty by "The Pilgrims" who landed in 1620. However, we should also be aware of the contributions made by those who have come to this land seeking refuge in the years since then. Molly's Pilgrim is a wonderful addition to the literature about Thanksgiving for beginning readers. The author, Barbara Cohen (1932-1992), also wrote several other acclaimed picture books and novels for young readers.
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October 04, 2007: Hey everyone, I guess you want to know what this book is about? It?s about a little girl named Molly she just moved in the city and is new at her school. She hates it because every kid picks on her, they say she?s the odd one out she doesn?t like it and wants to go back to her old home. Her mom says they can?t but, if they could they would. The next day she went to school and had to go threw the same thing again, she went to her class and her teacher said they had to do a project for homework, they asked what is it? She replied ?you have to make dolls?, ?the boys make Indians and the girls make Pilgrims?. Molly asked the teacher what a Pilgrim is. She told her and when she came home she had told her mom if she could help her on the project, of course her mom said don?t worry I?ll do it for you. So her mom helped her work on the doll. The next evening she went to school with her doll Pilgrim and all the girls made fun of her doll and she defended her self by telling them why it would be a Pilgrim. Her teacher helps her explain and everyone realizes there are different kinds of Pilgrims. Now her day was not like the others. I think that all ages can read this but I?m sure that adults wouldn?t want to read this because they like news.
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