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Title: When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest, P. J. Lynch ISBN: 0-7636-1274-X Publisher: Candlewick Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book to Read to 7-8 Year Olds Learning about World
Comment: My son really enjoyed this story of a young orphaned girl "chosen" (to her dismay) to leave her country and go to America by herself, leaving behind her grandmother. The pictures are excellent, and the story moves quickly. The story provoked frequent questions by my son such as: "Why did Jessie have to leave her homeland and her grandmother?" and "Why did the villagers think going to America was such a good thing?" Because Jessie was a child, my son identified with her. A beautiful story.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful
Comment: Somehow, I always have a fondness for beautiful picture books. I always feel that a children's picture book should be something of beauty that is timeless...something that we can all treasure but something that is especially written in the straightforward language that a child understands. This is certainly not one of those mediocre, trashily illustrated, dime-a-dozen children's book. It is the uplifting story of Jessie, a girl who comes to America to begin a new life. The language is simple but beautiful, and Jessie is someone who we can all love. And the illustrations...oh!!! They are so gorgeously realistic; especially the cover with its beautifully done painting of immigrants watching the Statue of Liberty as they arrive in America. Beautiful story, beautiful pictures...what more could you want? "When Jessie Came Accross the Sea" is the kind of book that every child should have.
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful, touching story
Comment: Even though it breaks her heart to be separated from her beloved grandmother, Jessie leaves her small town when she is offered a trip to America. She vividly describes the wonder of living in the new world and finding a new love. She works hard and uses her sewing skills to save toward purchasing a ticket for her grandmother.
This 1998 Kate Greenaway award winner uses lush paintings to portray a realistic setting of the story. The illustrations complement the story, but they are so beautiful that they almost overwhelm the story.
I enjoyed this beautiful story and its beautiful illustrations. Though at times heartbreaking, the story of Jessie and her trip across the sea to America is very inspirational.
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Title: The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff, Michael Dooling ISBN: 0590677179 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Annushka's Voyage by Edith Tarbescu, Lydia Dabcovich ISBN: 039564366X Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 21 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting, Nancy Carpenter ISBN: 0152016562 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 20 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project by Veronica Lawlor, Ellis Island Oral History Project, Rudolph W. Giuliani ISBN: 0140556222 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Coming to America: The Story of Immigration by Betsy Maestro, Susannah Ryan ISBN: 0590441515 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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