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Too Many Babas (An I Can Read Book)
Too Many Babas - An I Can Read Book
Author: Carolyn Croll
‘First published in 1979, Croll’s funny, popular too-many-cooks story …is newly illustrated here, with the babas(grandmothers) in a Russian winter setting. The simple, bright pictures in folk-art style show the bustling peasant women in the kitchen, each one tasting and adding and making a bigger mess of the soup.’ –...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060213831
ISBN-10: 0060213833
Publication Date: 1/1994
Pages: 63
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Too Many Babas (An I Can Read Book) on + 10 more book reviews
Appealing to junior readers, luckily this is not a Baba Yaga story. The Babas are actually four (4) grandmothers who, as the story builds, discover within themselves a spirit of co-operation and understanding. Baba Edis wakes to a cold morning, needing a good soup to warm her. The softly-neutral color illustrations flow with simple outlines-no harsh comic book style here. Outfitted in folksy costumes, the other Babas arrive, one by one, to take charge in the kitchen. Humorous conflict arises before the Babas accept the notion that good soup is created through teamwork, and a little less pepper!

I liked Baba Molka best with her kerchief babushka, grocery basket and ribbon trimmed smock.
harmony85 avatar reviewed Too Many Babas (An I Can Read Book) on + 982 more book reviews
Too many cooks can spoil the soup, they say, but what about Babas, each with her own opinion of what will make the soup the best? Cute, funny story.


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