The Memory Coat

by Elvira Woodruff

Book Overview

This moving story of a Jewish family's immigration to American from Russia may be jeopardized by a young cousin's bond with a worn-out coat.At the turn-of-the century, a Jewish family must leave Russia when the Cossacks raid the country. Grandma Bubba tries to convince Grisha, her grandson, to leave behind an old coat that might prevent him from being accepted at Ellis Island upon the family's arrival in America. Grisha refuses since the coat is lined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590677179
• ISBN13: 9780590677172
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.2" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

My Favorite Book

My Favorite Book My favorite book was The Memory Coat. Why is this my favorite book? I love this book because at the time I was reading it, we were learning about it in social studies. It was about immigration and how hard it was. I feel it was very hard to get into the U.S. I think the most interesting part of the story was very sad. It was when they wouldn't let him in because he got a black eye. That was when he hit his eye on a basket. So they wrote an E on his jacket. It stood for eye. He turned his jacket inside out to get into America. That took a lot of courage. Jonathan DME

The Memory Coat

History has often seemed depressing at times. However, during history we can't just sit down and cry. If I could choose one impression The Memory Coat has shown to me in confidence, it would be that one. This book has shown me just how grueling history can be. A book like The Memory Coat, I'd recommend to any age group. This book even has a message for little kids of don't give up, even if things seem dull. History can repeat its self. The one wrong move you make is giving up. The one question The Memory Coat left hanging was where we would be without pure support like this. Arianna DME

the Memory Coat

The book, The Memory Coat, is about a Russian family of Jews with an orphan who had lost his mother in an epedimic. His coat was what his mother had crafted out of her own coat and the last thing he can remember her by. His name is Grisha, the family of Jews is his family. It teaches that Jews were murdered even before the Holocaust. Jews in Russia saw America as a safety from prosecution; most Jewish people sold everything they had to buy a ticket to America most were sent back. Hunter D. 5th Grader

The Memory coat

Have you ever read the book called The Memory Coat? Well, I have and it is a great book. This book is going with the Ellis Island review. This is the most favorite book I ever read. The Memory Coat was amazing; it made me understand Ellis Island better. The author who wrote this book did a good job of writing it. This is 5 star rating book. Maleek DME

A lovely, sentimental story

I purchased a copy of this book for a friend whose great grandparents immigrated from Russia and entered the United States through Ellis Island and then purchased one for myself to read aloud to my third grade students. The paintings are beautiful and haunting; some in color, some in sepia tones. The story itself is heartwarming and sentimental.