Babushka Baba Yaga
$16.98
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
25 January 1999
Summary
From the belovedNew York Timesbestselling author-illustrator of Thank You, Mr. Falkerand Pink and Say.Baba Yaga is a witch famous throughout Russia for eating children, but this Babushka Baba Yaga is a lonely old woman who just wants a grandchild–to love.“Kids will respond to the joyful story of the outsider who gets to join in, and Polacco’s richly patterned paintings of Russian peasant life on the edge of the woods are full of light and color.” – Booklist”A warm, lively tale, neatly mixing new and old and illustrated with Polacco’s usual energetic action, bright folk patterns, and affectionate characterizations.” –Kirkus Reviews
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780698116337 |
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| ISBN-10: | 069811633X |
| Author: | Patricia Polacco |
| Publisher: | Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 25 January 1999 |
| Weight: | 125g |
| Dimensions: | 4mm x 203mm x 260mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“Sumptuous colors, a rich melange of patterns and textures–and even a sprinkling of forest fairies.” –Publishers Weekly
“A warm, lively tale, neatly mixing new and old and illustrated with Polacco’s usual energetic action, bright folk patterns, and affectionate characterizations.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Kids will respond to the joyful story of the outsider who gets to join in, and Polacco’s richly patterned paintings of Russian peasant life on the edge of the woods are full of light and color.” –Booklist
“The underlying message of tolerance is well presented, and the author does an admirable job of melding the two contrasting grandmother images from Russian culture.” –School Library Journal
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco is the belovedNew York Timesbestselling author and illustrator of over fifty picture books. She visits as many as two hundred classrooms in a single year, not only speaking but listening to the hundreds of children that she meets. Grateful for what teachers have done for her, she is also a popular keynote speaker celebrating teachers everywhere. She lives in Union City, Michigan, where she enjoys speaking to the myriad children who come to visit her and the famous meteor, the object of one of Patricia’s best-known stories.
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