Babushka's Mother Goose

Bibliography: Polacco, P. (1995) Babushka’s Mother Goose. New York, New York: Philomel.

Brief Annotation: These are rhymes that have been reshaped by Patricia’s Babushka (Grandmother). She took material from Aesop, Mother Goose, and Moldavian folk tales to make her own stories from.

Genre: Fiction, Poetry

Grade: K-4

Readers who will like this: Children who like rhymes and cultural heritage books.

Response/Rating (1-4): 3 out of 4. I liked the different view on poetry that Polacco gave.

One question you would ask before a read aloud: Who knows who Mother Goose is? What is a rhyme?