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Katya Arnold

Auteur de Elephants Can Paint Too!

13+ oeuvres 444 utilisateurs 50 critiques

Œuvres de Katya Arnold

Elephants Can Paint Too! (2005) 156 exemplaires
Katya's Book of Mushrooms (1997) 66 exemplaires
Baba Yaga (1993) 54 exemplaires
Baba Yaga & the Little Girl (1993) 39 exemplaires
Knock, Knock Teremok! (1994) 23 exemplaires
That Apple is Mine! (2000) 18 exemplaires
Meow! (1998) 18 exemplaires
Duck, Duck, Goose? (1997) 14 exemplaires
Baba Yaga Et La Petite Fille (1995) 1 exemplaire

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Onions and Garlic: An Old Tale (1996) — Illustrateur, quelques éditions33 exemplaires
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"Baba Yaga and the Little Girl," retells the Russian folktale of Baba Yaga. The story follows a young girl who has an evil step-mother that beats her regularly. The step-mother sends the girl to her sister's house to get a needle and thread to make the girl's father a new shirt. The girl agrees, but goes to her actual aunt's house first, who gives her advice with dealing with her step-aunt. When she arrives at her step-mother's sister's house, it turns out that her step-mother's sister is actually Baba Yaga, an evil old woman that lives in a hut on chicken legs. The girls tells Baba Yaga what her step-mother sent her for, and Baba Yaga agrees to give her a needle in thread if the little girl knits for her. While the girl knits, Baba Yaga tells her maid to wash the girl so she can eat her later; the girl overhears this and begs the maid not to cook her, and gives her a beautiful kerchief. The girl then asks Baba Yaga's cat to help her escape, and gives it a piece of ham that her aunt told her to give the cat. The cat gives the girl a blanket and comb, which turn into a river and forest when thrown on the ground. The girl begins her escape, giving bread to Baba Yaga's dogs, oil to Baba Yaga's gate, and a scarf to one of Baba Yaga's trees so she can leave. When Baba Yaga discovers that the girl escaped and that her many servants betrayed her, she beats them and begins to chase after the girl. The girl throws down the blanket and Baba Yaga is faced with a rushing river, which she has her oxen drink up. She begins chasing after the girl again, and when she is close to the girl, the girl throws the comb down and traps Baba Yaga in a thick forest. Baba Yaga breaks her teeth trying to bite herself free of the wood, and she decides to go back to her hut on chicken legs. The girl returns home to her father and step-mother, and she tells her dad that her step-mother sent her to Baba Yaga, who tried to eat her. The father throws his wife out of the house, and the little girl makes him a beautiful shirt with the needle and thread she got from Baba Yaga. The father and girl are never bothered by Baba Yaga ever again, and live happily ever after. I enjoyed this story, as it was somewhat dark at times and very strange, but I don't know if I would share it with kids. The story doesn't exactly strike me as something kids would enjoy, but I honestly may be wrong. I enjoyed the art as well, which is very vibrant and often clashes with itself. The illustrations emulate traditional Russian "lubok" art, which I looked up and I can say that the book does a great job in emulating the style of "lukbok" art. As I said before, I personally enjoyed the story, but I still think it's a little "out there" for younger kids.… (plus d'informations)
 
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awaldrup | 8 autres critiques | Mar 27, 2019 |
Baba Yaga And the Little Girl reminds me of different stories all wrapped into one. The stories that I find all wrapped up in the book is Cinderella, Snow White, and maybe Hansel and Gretel. this book is similar to Cinderella because in both Cinderella and this book there is an evil stepmother who makes her do a chore. Also this book is similar to Snow White because of the evil stepmother as well but in both Snow White and this book, the evil stepmother wants to get rid of the child. I found that this book is maybe similar to Hansel and Gretel because of the setting that the book is taken place at, the woods.
In this story the author does a good job of showing what the folktale is all about. Also the illustrations in the book are kinda creepy in my opinion. But I suppose this book is meant to be that type of way to show how the evil stepmother really wanted to get rid of the little girl. If i were to read this in my class i would ask students what other stories do they think this one is similar to.
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jjuneau | 8 autres critiques | Oct 11, 2017 |
I enjoyed the real-life photographs used in this book - they help students to connect with the book. I found this very informational and useful in the classroom setting. Children can identify with the story because it talks about children, and can be intrigued by what they have in common with elephants. I found this to be more of a non-fiction story.
 
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CMcNeely | 20 autres critiques | Mar 18, 2017 |
This book is an old Russian traditional story. I thought it was very interesting and would be exciting and new for children. The story builds on itself and follows and predictable pattern that the children would enjoy. It also has an unexpected ending that could lead to good discussion.
 
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