Babushka’s Doll

·      Author = Patricia Polacco

·      Illustrator = Patricia Polacco

·      Publication = 1995

·      This book is about a girl named Natasha who is very bossy, controlling, and spoiled.  Her babushka, which means grandma in Russian, refuses Natasha’s demands all morning long.  After lunch Babushka needs to grow for groceries and allows Natasha to play with her special doll.  Natasha is excited to play with such a treasure but little does she know she took on more then she could bargain for.

·      This text is great to use in classrooms to help children understand you need to treat people how you want to be treated.  This is a huge lesson that teachers talk about all the time.  This is also a great book to use if you have a bully on your hands.  It shows children that being bossy and demanding is not cool.

·      The common core standard that would go along with this book is number 3, identify characters.  With this you can identify character traits and explain good qualities and bad.