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| Babushka Baba Yaga First Edition Contributor(s): Polacco, Patricia |
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ISBN: 0399225315 ISBN-13: 9780399225314 Publisher: Penguin Group USA Retail: $16.99 OUR PRICE: $11.81 You Save Over 30% Buy 100 or more: OUR PRICE: $11.38 Save More! Buy 200 or more: OUR PRICE: $10.87 Save Even More!! Binding Type: School And Library - Other Formats Published: September 1993 Annotation: Called a wicked witch, Baba Yaga lives all alone in the woods. How Baba Yaga adopts a village family and becomes Babushka Baba Yaga is an unforgettable story of love and loyalty as well as a gentle lesson on not judging by appearance alone. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables |
| LC Subject: - Baba Yaga (Legendary character); Juvenile fiction. - Baba Yaga (Legendary character); Fiction. - Grandmothers; Fiction. |
| Dewey: [E] |
| LCCN: 92030361 |
| Academic/Grade Level: Grade 2-3, Age 7-8 |
| Book type: Easy Fiction |
| Physical Information: 11.75" H x 8.75" W x 0.50" (0.85 lbs) |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5343 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Scholastic Reading Counts Info |
| Quiz #: Q00795 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Grades 3-5 Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Reviewed by Horn Book Guide Reviews (Horn Book Guide Reviews 1994) Polacco's Baba Yaga is not the wicked witch the villagers believe her to be but is, instead, a kind creature who wishes to become some child's beloved babushka. When she saves a young boy from wolves, the other grandmothers recognize her as one of their own. A dramatic text and animated artwork re-create Baba Yaga in a tale about love in disguise. Copyright 1998 Horn Book Guide Reviews |
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly Reviews (PW Reviews 1999 February #1) This "direct yet resonant" retelling of a Russian folktale has "sumptuous colors, a rich melange of patterns and textures and even a sprinkling of forest fairies," said PW. Ages 4-8. (Jan.) Copyright 1999 Publishers Weekly Reviews |
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly Reviews (PW Reviews 1993 July #2) Living alone in the forest, Baba Yaga watches longingly as the babushkas of the village care for their grandchildren. Snatching an outfit off a clothesline, the wizened, long-eared creature disguises herself as one of the village grandmothers and goes in search of a child to love. She finds the cherubic Victor, whose mother needs someone to watch him while she works. Baba Yaga savors her new life, until one day she overhears the other babushkas speaking hatefully of the legendary Baba Yaga. Greatly saddened, she decides to return to her home in the woods before Victor discovers her true identity. Polacco's soothing version of this Russian folktale ends happily: Baba Yaga saves her beloved charge from a pack of vicious wolves and earns the babushkas' praise and acceptance. The art features Polacco's ( Rechenka's Eggs ) trademark sumptuous colors, a rich melange of patterns and textures--and even a sprinkling of forest fairies. Such visual dimension, coupled with her direct yet resonant narrative, marks this as another of Polacco's winning picture books. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) Copyright 1993 Cahners Business Information. |
Reviewed by School Library Journal Reviews (SLJ Reviews 1993 October) K-Gr 3-Wishing to be like the people she watches from the woods, Baba Yaga dresses herself in human clothing and covers her elfin ears with a scarf. Resembling any other grandmother or babushka, she is welcomed into the home of a young mother and quickly assumes the care of a child named Victor. She grows to love the boy, but when the other old women tell terrifying stories of the witch Baba Yaga, she returns to the woods with a heavy heart. Missing her, Victor wanders into the woods and is threatened by ferocious wolves. Coming to his rescue, Baba Yaga is finally accepted by the babushkas who realize that, ``Those who judge one another on what they hear or see, and not what they know of them in their hearts, are fools indeed!'' Polacco's reassuring text is accompanied by her full-page illustrations drawn in a casual, relaxed style in a variety of mediums: markers, charcoal pencil, chalk pastel, and gouache. 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. While her depiction of the misunderstood creature may surprise serious students of folklore, those wanting to share a kinder, gentler Baba Yaga will welcome this picture book.-Denise Anton Wright, Illinois State University, Normal Copyright 1993 Cahners Business Information. |
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