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Molly's Pilgrim
Molly and her family have moved to America from Russia.Her mother says they moved to find freedom. But the children in Molly's third-grade class make fun of her accent and clothes. That doesn't seem like freedom to Molly at all.
At Thanksgiving everyone has to bring a Pilgrim doll to class. The doll Molly's mother makes looks like a Russian peasant girl. It doesn't look at...more
At Thanksgiving everyone has to bring a Pilgrim doll to class. The doll Molly's mother makes looks like a Russian peasant girl. It doesn't look at...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
September 24th 1998
by HarperCollins
(first published 1983)
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This is a book about Molly a jewish girl from Russia. She went to a new school in New York city. There were several others girls: Elizabeth, Emma and Hilda. The class had an assignment to make a doll that looked like a pilgrim. Her mother told her to do her homework and she would make the doll. In the morning, when she looked at the doll, it was not a pilgrim. She asked her mom what it was. Her mom said it was Molly when she was a girl in Russia. Molly didn't have time to fix it before school. W...more
I like this book for it's non-traditional take on Thanksgiving. The story is about third grader, Molly, a immigrant from Russia who recently moved from big city New York, a place known for having a high Jewish population, to Winter Hill (Somerville Massachusetts), where she felt alone and like an outsider. Other kids thought she talked funny, looked funny, and didn't accept her because she was different. This was a point of torment and embarrassment to her to the degree of refusing to let her mo...more
"Molly's Pilgrim" is a really heart-warming story about a young Jewish girl that is having a hard time in her new school. Moving from New York City to a smaller town, Molly doesn't fit in with her classmates, especially because of a bully named Elizabeth. Crying to her mother, Molly is determined to not let her mother know that anymore bullying is going on so that her mother does not talk to her teacher. In school the next day the class is learning about Thanksgiving, a holiday that Molly doesn'...more
Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen is about a girl who came from Russia with her parents. This is a historical fiction book because it talks about Thanksgiving and Pilgrims. Molly never knew what Thanksgiving was until she had to create a Pilgrim doll for class. All of her classmates teased Molly because her and her mom made a regular doll, and not a doll of a Pilgrim. When the teacher asked her what this meant, she replied that her mom and herself were Pilgrim's and that is why she made the doll...more
In Molly's Pilgrim, Molly is a third grade girl who doesn't feel very thankful as Thanksgiving approaches. Molly came to America from Russia after the Cossacks burned a synagogue in Goraduck. The family, fearing for its safety, came to America to seek a more peaceful life.
In school here, Molly looked a bit different and dressed different. Some of the cruel children at her new school in the US made fun of the way she dressed and the way she spoke. School made Molly sad, and she feared that she wo...more
In school here, Molly looked a bit different and dressed different. Some of the cruel children at her new school in the US made fun of the way she dressed and the way she spoke. School made Molly sad, and she feared that she wo...more
Find out what a true pilgrim is, in this adorable Thanksgiving story for young children. Molly is a little Russian girl, whose family immigrated to America. Because of her family's background, their accent, and Jewish ways... the other girls in school tease her. Molly is still learning about American things all the time. Thanksgiving is something new to her, but she quickly discovers what it means.
The third-grade class is celebrating the special holiday by creating a small diorama village of Pil...more
The third-grade class is celebrating the special holiday by creating a small diorama village of Pil...more
“Molly’s Pilgrim” by Barbara Cohen, is a story about the girl in third grade name Molly and her everyday experience at new school, where her classmates make fun of her imperfect English and her old, weird looking clothes. Molly and her family are Russian Jewish immigrants that came to the U.S. for freedom of religion and for better life. Molly will celebrate her first Thanksgiving in new country; the holiday she has never heard about before. She is participating in class project, making the pilg...more
Nov 26, 2011
Katie Williams
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thanksgiving
This is a story about Molly, a "modern day" pilgrim girl who moved to American from Russia and is of the Jewish faith. There is one particularly mean girl in the class who constantly picks on and demeans her in class. As the book is set around the holiday of Thanksgiving and the history behind it, the students are asked to bring in homemade pilgrim puppets. Molly's pilgrim puppet looks nothing like the pilgrims that were talked about in class but instead it was made to look like her mother when...more
Molly’s pilgrim is a book about a little Jewish girl that came to the United States from Russia. In school she gets picked on because the other students would say she looked funny and talked funny, she was different. In school they were talking about Thanksgiving, a holiday Molly didn’t know anything about. They got an assignment to make a pilgrim doll, her mom made the doll. Her doll looked different it kind of looked like her, the other students made fun of it, but it taught the class a lesson...more
The book I read was called "Molly's Pilgrim" by Barbara Cohen. It was about this girl named Molly near her fist Thanksgiving in the New World. Shen doesn't find much to be thankful for because a few girls were making fun of her, but she did not do anything about it. Her classmates giggle at her Yiddish accent and make fun of her unfamliarity with American ways. Molly was embarrassed when her mother helps with a class Thanksgiving project by making a little doll that looks more like Russian refug...more
In this story, Molly is coping with challenges of being a new kid at school and finding a sense of belonging upon the arrival in the U.S. She is being laughed at by some of her classmates for being “different”. But her optimism and courage grows as she figures out the meaning of a Pilgrim by making a Pilgrim doll for her school assignment. In the end, she gains a friend.
Based on true events, “Molly’s Pilgrim” gives the readers an opportunity to reflect on such ideas as cultural and individual d...more
Based on true events, “Molly’s Pilgrim” gives the readers an opportunity to reflect on such ideas as cultural and individual d...more
Nov 13, 2011
Libby
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-fiction,
historical-fiction
I don’t usually review picture books, but this is a classic Thanksgiving story perfect for many different ages. Molly and her family are immigrants in America in the early 1900s. Because of her accent and interesting clothes, Molly is teased by other students in school. For a Thanksgiving project, she is told to make a pilgrim clothespin doll. After hearing an explanation of Pilgrims, Molly’s mother makes the doll to look like her. This is a sweet story about all kinds of pilgrims in America.
This book is amazing even when it is very short, only 26 pages. It is about a Russian Jewish girl named Molly who moves to Winter hill, and starts off in a very rough start because she does not know how to read and doesn't know what Thanksgiving is. She gets made fun of by this girl named Elizabeth. Molly speaks to her loving mother wanting to move beacuse school isn't going great. But they are type poor. Does Molly fit in? Only way to find out, is to read this very short story.
Beautiful story of how a Jewish family fled one type of persecution in Russia for a different type of persecution in America. Since I have a younger sister named Molly, my mom got this book as a gift for her, but I couldn't put it down when I started reading it! I may have even seen a clip of this book made into a short movie a few years before I read the book. It was kinda neat, since in the movie you could hear the voices & the differences in the accents.
A classic book to read at Thanksgiving time. A short read that tells about an immigrant Jewish Russian girl trying to fit into her new school with girls who are unkind to her. She is assigned to make a Pilgrim doll but her mother does the assignment and makes a very unique doll. In the end, the mother teaches everyone a lesson and everyone learns that we are all Pilgrims in some way.
For a book with a lesson, it's pretty good. The original illustrations are fine, with a retro feel that totally fits the plot and the setting. I do like how the teacher isn't perfect, but finally in November she realizes how to make Molly feel safer and more a part of the community of the classroom.
Dec 01, 2012
Tessa
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
school-books,
children-s-book
I love this book! Molly struggles with real problems, especially for such a young girl, but I love the lesson she learns. I love the beautiful illustrations of this version that add so much dimension. I love Molly's mother and teacher, both great examples of strong women.
This is an excellent book and one that children can relate to and is very helpful in teaching children about the pilgrim experience in modern terms. It is a quick read and delightful story and a good way of opening up questions and discussion your family's ancestry.
Reading Rainbow: Watch the Stars Come Out.
We cringe at reading books that depict such mean language (the girls teasing/predjudice) but in this case I went for it. Bea was very inspired by the doll making and embarked on a new obsession for a while.
We cringe at reading books that depict such mean language (the girls teasing/predjudice) but in this case I went for it. Bea was very inspired by the doll making and embarked on a new obsession for a while.
Molly is new to her school and the girls in her class love to make fun of her since she is an immigrant--
Her mother helps her with her Thanksgiving project and Molly's pilgrim made by her mother is fuel for the bullies in class.
Her mother helps her with her Thanksgiving project and Molly's pilgrim made by her mother is fuel for the bullies in class.
A third grade girl, an immigrant from Russia, is plagued by girls who make fun of her. The teacher eventually says something which brings about a change. Daniel Mark Duffy is the illustrator.
I enjoyed this book not only for its multi-cultural holiday tie in, but also because it gives kids (and adults) another way to look at the word Pilgrim. Beautifully written.
I wanted to use this book for guided reading groups. The subject matter includes a little bullying and english language learner issues. Definately, early third grade.
This is a story about a Jewish girl in America, who discovers her mother is a modern pilgrim because her mother immigrated to America to find religious freedom.
I used this text in conjunction with our 3rd grade immigration/migration unit, however, this text could work very well for lessons on prejudice/discrimination/diversity.
Just competed this book again. I use this book every year to help my students understand what a Pilgrim is. It is a quick read that my students truly enjoy.
Great story..have used it with 2nd-5th graders and they love it. Very good for themes of differences, respecting others, bullying, courage...
I adored this book as a child. (Pretty sure it was a Reading Rainbow read) I enjoy the non-traditional take on the holiday.
I just read this with my class. I thought it was a good story for students. Vocabulary was great for 2nd graders too!
This is an excellent book to use in Social Studies when talking about the Pilgrims and the First 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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