TOO MANY BABAS

by Carolyn Croll ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 17, 1980

Too many visiting babas, adding too much spice to Baba Edis' soup, are the too-many-cooks that spoil her broth--which is rather fun, in a simple-minded way, assuming a child knows the old saying. (It's especially fun to see, in the three wordless spreads, their pictured reactions.) Then, on Baba Yetta's wish that ""there was a way to start again,"" they begin all over--with each one doing her bit and only Baba Edis adding ""the salt and pepper and garlic"" to the soup. Finally, to little purpose except to round things out, each one takes a hand in cleaning up. It's more an exercise in folktale structure, in fact, than a story with a life of its own--but, on the positive side, even the page-by-page depiction of washing, drying, and putting away the dishes is geared to a child's everyday experience and a short attention span. Though not so designated, it could serve as an Early I Can Read for a slightly advanced early reader.

Pub Date: Oct. 17, 1980

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper & Row

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1980

Categories: CHILDREN'S