Babushka's Doll By Patricia Polacco

Babushka's Doll By Patricia Polacco is falls under the fiction genre.  The story contains three characters.  A young girl named Natasha, her grandmother, which she calls, Babushka and a doll that comes to life.  In the story Natasha is insistent that her Babushka drop everything and play with her.  Her Babushka is patient with her  and just explains that she can not do the many things Natasha wants her to do because she has other things that need ti get done.  AFter lunch one day, her Babushka decides to let Natasha play with a doll of hers while she steps out.  The doll ends up coming to life and running Natasha ragged by treating Natasha the same way that Natasha had been treating her Babushka.  Through this Natasha sees that she should be respectful of others and their time and that it is not kind to run people ragged.  You could use this book in the classroom if you wanted to teach the students about respecting others time and giving others some independent time.   This book is a great idea when wanting to teach students patience and understanding.  

 

NOTE: This is a free choice book