Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand

by Arthur A. Levine

Book Overview

Pearl's mother had trees planted on their street that blossomed along with the neighborhood, but now the last one may get cut down and it is time for Pearl Moscowitz's last stand. By the author of The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062320122
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand

This is a MUST HAVE for any teacher. I have used it with children across many grade levels and with training adults and it is a wonderful story! The people who gave it poor reviews are way off base.

Pearl Moscowit's Last stand

Pearl Moscowitz's Last stand by Arthur A. Levine How would you feel if somebody cut down trees that you planted when you were a little girl? The book I read is called Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand. Since her mother died, there have been a lot of changes on Gingko Street. Pearl has three sisters. Their names are Selma, Velma and Wilma. The change that occurred was that the trees that they planted were cut down, all except for one. The apartment she lives in looks like a dorm. I think this s a good book for children. Pearl played poker with her sisters under the last gingko tree. The next day she was reading a book to the children on the street. A man came up to them and said, "You have to get away from under the this tree because I have to cut it down." She asked him to eat with her. He looked hungry and he didn't eat lunch. The next day he comes back and she shows him a pictures of her and her family each picture has a story. The next day he comes back and Ronnie, the next door neighbor, he put a bike lock around her and the tree and locked it. There is a big party because she's stopping the man from cutting down the tree. The news crew was there. She tells them a story about her and the tree and why she' wont let him cut down the tree. The she invites the guy who paid the man to cut down the tree and the man who was going to cut down the tree over to eat at her house. They changed the street name. To find out what happens at the party and to see what the street is called finish the book!!

change their lives

I gives this book a 10 because a took about a women who save Her neighborhood. Is about a woman who live and Gingko street and one day she was Playing with her neighbors and one man came to the neighborhood And they were going to cut the trees and she don't lets the people doing. And she saves the neighborhood again.

a fun story with a great lesson, with great watercolors

The author never forgot the time his mother, Eileen Levine, stopped an official from cutting down a neighbor's tree in Elmont (Long Island), NY. From that seed, this exciting story germinated, the story of a tough but sweet woman who saves a gingko tree and teaches us how to be a mensch in the world. Pearl and her sisters (Selma, Velma, and Wilma) grew up on Gingko Street (formerly Smith St) -- a street filled with Jewish and other immigrants, shaded by young, wide leafed, gingko trees. As time progressed, the trees grew, and people moved. Pearl stayed and the surnames changed. By the end of the book, Pearl is playing cards and hanging with her neighbors -- neighbors with Asian, African American and Hispanic surnames. They eat bagels and steamed dumplings, jalapenos and iced tea. When someone comes to cut down the last remaining gingko tree on the street, Pearl takes action, involves her neighbors, leverages the media, and gets the mayor to save the tree, plant new trees, and try her warm noodle kugel.

A-cuddle-up-with-your-child book about justice and pride.

This is a delighfully sublte book that both children and adults will enjoy. It is about justice, about change, about pride, and about community. The illustrations are wonderful and in themselves provide many opportunities for discussion. Every school should have this book and every teacher should read it. Please check it out!