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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Mar 9, 2011
Pros: educational, touching, wonderful illustrations
Cons: overall sad tone
Summary: “Leavin’, it never is easy. There’s no place like home’s what they say…” So begins Ryan Kelly’s The Village That They Call the Moy, a wistful song about emigration and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 24, 2003
Pros: simply written. compelling. comprehensible.
Cons: none
Summary: My paternal grandparents were born in Poland and came to the United States in the early 1920s. My mother was born in Germany (at a really bad time for a Jew to be born in Germany). She came to the US in 1939. I have often joked that I am a first and a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 21, 2002
Pros: Complex story that little ones can understand and grow to love.
Cons: It's picture book that tends to hit the early chapter book yrs.
Summary: Grandfather’s Journey is one of our family “keeper” books. A friend from the base church group handed it to me for the kids as we were boarding the plane to head back to the States. Though we were on the run from a bad situation, Japan was part ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 20, 2001
Pros: beautiful story and pictures.
Cons: some serious topics may be too heavy for some children
Summary: Many of us have wonderful stories of our ancestors coming to America. For families, these are treasured stories that are told over and over again with a certain sense of awe and respect. Perhaps there were hardships or persecution. Maybe it was in search ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 24, 2000
Pros: beautiful pictures, touching story, great for grandparents to read to their grandkiddies
Cons: story may be difficult for some children to relate to
Summary: When I was little, I used to imagine that I was just like my grandfather. In my mind, He was a World War I flying ace diving out of my plane just before the bad guys riddled it with bullets. I could see him foraging in the forests and deserts for the ... read more
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