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Barbara Cohen (1) (1932–1992)

Autor(a) de Molly's Pilgrim

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38 Works 5,813 Membros 89 Críticas 1 Favorited

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Obras por Barbara Cohen

Molly's Pilgrim (1983) 2,418 exemplares
Seven Daughters and Seven Sons (1982) 709 exemplares
Canterbury Tales [adapted by Barbara Cohen] (1988) — Tradutor — 429 exemplares
Thank You, Jackie Robinson (1974) 426 exemplares
The Carp in the Bathtub (1972) 281 exemplares
Make a Wish, Molly (1994) 234 exemplares
Here Come the Purim Players! (1984) 116 exemplares
The secret grove (1815) 103 exemplares
The Christmas Revolution (1987) 90 exemplares
First Fast (1900) 85 exemplares
The Donkey's Story (1988) 72 exemplares
Unicorns in the Rain (1980) 71 exemplares
Even Higher (1987) 68 exemplares
The Binding of Isaac (1978) 50 exemplares
Robin Hood and Little John (1995) 49 exemplares
Gooseberries to Oranges (1982) 43 exemplares
King of the Seventh Grade (1668) 43 exemplares
I Am Joseph (1980) 40 exemplares
David: A Biography (1995) 36 exemplares
The Orphan Game (1988) 31 exemplares
Roses (1984) 28 exemplares
213 Valentines (1991) 26 exemplares
The Long Way Home (1990) 23 exemplares
R My Name is Rosie (1978) 21 exemplares
Bitter Herbs and Honey (1976) 21 exemplares
People Like Us (1987) 21 exemplares
Tell Us Your Secret (1989) 20 exemplares
The Innkeeper's Daughter (1979) 18 exemplares
Benny (1977) 16 exemplares
Queen for a Day (1981) 16 exemplares
The chocolate wolf (1996) 12 exemplares
Fat Jack (1980) 8 exemplares
Lovers' Games (1983) 6 exemplares
Lovely Vassilisa (1980) 5 exemplares
Coasting (1985) 4 exemplares
The demon who would not die (1982) 4 exemplares
Where's Florrie? (1976) 3 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
Cohen, Barbara Nash
Kauder, Barbara (birth name)
Data de nascimento
1932-03-15
Data de falecimento
1992-11-29
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Locais de residência
Somerville, New Jersey, USA
Educação
Somerville High School
Barnard College (AB, magna cum laude|English)
Rutgers University
Ocupações
children's book author
teacher
short-story writer
columnist
Organizações
SAAS
Prémios e menções honrosas
Phi Beta Kappa

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Barbara Kauder said she started writing as soon as she could hold a pencil. Her father died when she was young, and her mother supported the family by turning a rundown hotel into a successful business. After Somerville High School, Barbara attended Barnard College, from which she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in English. She began her writing career with a personal column in her stepfather's weekly newspapers. In 1954, she married Gene Cohen, with whom she had three daughters. Her husband joined her mother in running the family inn, while Barbara earned a master's degree from Rutgers University and taught high school English. She was active in local community and Jewish life, and wrote a column called "Books and Things" for New Jersey newspapers. At age 39, Barbara Cohen published her first book for children, The Carp in the Bathtub (1972). The acclaim it received inspired her to stop teaching and start writing full-time. The book became a modern classic that has been translated into many languages. Barbara Cohen wrote a total of 32 books for children and young adults, many of them based on Jewish life and the universal problems of separation, loss, and the fears of growing up. Unicorns in the Rain (1982), a futuristic fantasy based on the Noah story, demonstrated her concern about the rising violence in society. Molly’s Pilgrim (1985), one of her best-loved tales, portrays a young Russian Jewish immigrant who shows her class the real meaning of Thanksgiving and religious freedom. The 1986 film version, frequently shown on television at holiday time, won an Academy Award for Live Short Subject. (Barbara played the crossing guard in one scene in the film.) In 1982, the Association of Jewish Libraries honored Barbara Cohen’s contribution to Jewish children’s literature with the AJL Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award. Some of her books were published posthumously following her death from cancer in 1992.

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Sought this out for #disguisedasaboy queer/trans subtext, and it delivers.

To tell the truth, after twelve weeks among men only, after twelve weeks without ever looking at my own self, I'd almost forgotten I was a woman. That doesn't mean I thought of myself as a man. I was only me, Nasir.


The author definitely didn't understand the subtext she was putting down, the speed it was squashed. I would bet it's actually anachronistic that none of these rich boys has ever heard of homosexuality, although I don't have citations for this.

I found the beginning slow but it sped up considerably. Instead of discovering magic powers, the characters are learning about the obscure and mystical powers of capitalism. Not interesting to me at all, personally, but I thought it was well done - it's clear what Buran/Nasir likes about it.

It's interesting how learning Arabic has changed how I see some stylistic translation choices! "O my father" sounds super formal in English, at least in part because it's so polysyllablic, but when it's a literal translation of "ya abbi" and you know that ya is an indispensable part of speech, you can see how it could actually be just a normal and familiar way to talk.
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caedocyon | 13 outras críticas | Mar 11, 2024 |
Yeah I still love this book as much now as I did 18 years ago when I first read it.
 
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lexilewords | 13 outras críticas | Dec 28, 2023 |
Independent Reading Level: Grades 2-5
Awards: None
 
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carly.whitaker | 29 outras críticas | Nov 15, 2023 |
I really really liked this. I love stories based off of traditional tales, and even though I had never heard of the Iraqi folktale this book was based off it, I loved it.

It is a story of a girl who defies her culture's traditions, customs, and notions of a proper woman's place to make herself a success and save her family from poverty. It is also the story of love conquering all and being loved for who you are.

I need to look up the inspiration for this book.
 
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wisemetis | 13 outras críticas | Dec 26, 2022 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
38
Membros
5,813
Popularidade
#4,237
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
89
ISBN
157
Línguas
2
Marcado como favorito
1

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